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密猟

密猟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みつ
Grade: 6
りょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

密猟 (hiragana みつりょう, romaji mitsuryō)

  1. poaching
    • 2011, NHK News:
      ケニアの大統領 (だいとうりょう)は、押収 (おうしゅう)されたおよそ ()トンの象牙 (ぞうげ) ()やして密猟 (みつりょう)密輸 (みつゆ)根絶 (こんぜつ)する決意 (けつい) (しめ)しました。
      Kenia no daitōryō wa, ōshū sareta oyoso go ton no zōge o moyashite mitsuryō to mitsuyu o konzetsu suru ketsui o shimeshimashita.
      The president of Kenya has burned approximately 5 tons of confiscated elephant ivory to show determination to eradicate the poaching and smuggling of ivory.

Verb

密猟する (hiragana みつりょうする, romaji mitsuryō suru)

  1. poach

Conjugation