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つる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to fish; to angle; to catch
Even so, there are times when nothing is caught.
2. to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure
There's no way I wouldn't be tempted by such a sweet deal, right?
Alt. forms
釣つる
74%
つる
25%
Pitch accent
つ
る
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Conjugations...Used in: 1759
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to fish; to angle
to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment
Examples (19 in total)
We caught a big one there.
It's fine, I'll catch them properly.
Did you catch any fish in the river?
I think I'll try to catch a big one.
I was also drawn in and looked outside.
I released the fish I caught back into the river.
Please don't lure children with money.
Tom caught a large fish.
Thank you for keeping me company when I wasn't catching anything.
I saw the picture of the fish you caught.
Yesterday my father caught three fish.
If we catch some, let's have hot pot tonight.
You can catch fish even without bait.
I released the fish I'd caught back into the river.
I lured the dog out of its kennel with a treat.
I was lured to the store by the advertisement.
There's no way I wouldn't be tempted by such a sweet deal, right?
He went fishing in a river near the village.
His hobby is going fishing on Sundays.