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falconry; hawking
The traditional sport of hunting game with a trained hawk or falcon, historically practiced by nobles and samurai.
鷹狩りを楽しむ。
to enjoy falconry.
殿様は鷹狩りに出かけた。
The lord went out hawking.
江戸時代、鷹狩りは将軍や大名の特権的な娯楽だった。
In the Edo period, falconry was a privileged pastime of the shogun and feudal lords.
The traditional practice of hunting with trained birds of prey. In Japan it was long associated with the warrior elite and was strictly regulated.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 鷹狩りに出る: to go out falconry hunting
- 鷹狩りの鷹: a falconry hawk
NOTE:
The handler who trains and flies the birds is called a 鷹匠; today the practice survives mainly as a demonstration of traditional skills.