漁村(ぎょそん)

ぎょそん
noun
fishing village
geography
1. fishing village
A village whose people live mainly by fishing, usually on a coast with a small harbor.
小(ちい)さな漁村(ぎょそん)を訪(おとず)れた。
I visited a small fishing village.
祖父(そふ)は漁村(ぎょそん)で生(う)まれ育(そだ)った。
My grandfather was born and raised in a fishing village.
過疎化(かそか)が進(すす)み、この漁村(ぎょそん)の若者(わかもの)は年々(ねんねん)減(へ)っている。
With depopulation, the number of young people in this fishing village falls every year.

A written word, common in geography, travel writing and the news.

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Related: 農村(のうそん) (farming village)
Related: 山村(さんそん) (mountain village)
Related: 漁港(ぎょこう) (fishing port)
Related: 漁師(りょうし) (fisherman)
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