乱獲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乱 獲
らん
Grade: 6
かく
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
亂獲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 乱(らん) (ran, “recklessly”) + 獲(かく) (kaku, “to capture”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾã̠ŋka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

乱(らん)獲(かく) • (rankaku) 

  1. overfishing
  2. overhunting

Verb

乱(らん)獲(かく)する • (rankaku suru) transitive suru (stem 乱(らん)獲(かく)し (rankaku shi), past 乱(らん)獲(かく)した (rankaku shita))

  1. overfish, excessively trawl
    サンゴを乱獲(らんかく)する中国船(ちゅうごくせん)
    sango o rankaku suru chūgokusen
    Chinese vessels trawling excessive amounts of coral
  2. overhunt

Conjugation

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