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    3. 海女

    海女

    海あ女ま

    ama

    KMT10News #41+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    あまあまめ

    Noun

    1.
    ama, female diver who collects shells, seaweed, etc.

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    海あ女まは海うみで働はたらきます。

    Ama divers work in the sea.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsWork & Career
    彼かの女じょは伝でん統とう的てきな海あ女まの技ぎ術じゅつを受うけ継ついでいる。

    She inherited the traditional skills of an ama diver.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsWork & Career
    海あ女まの仕し事ごとは、素す潜もぐりでアワビやサザエを採とる、非ひ常じょうに体たい力りょくを使つかう作さ業ぎょうだ。

    The work of an ama diver is a very physically demanding task of free-diving to collect abalone and turban shells.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsWork & CareerNature & Environment
    三み重え県けんには、今いまも多おおくの海あ女まが活かつ躍やくしている地ち域いきがある。

    In Mie Prefecture, there are still regions where many ama divers are active.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    海あ女まの文ぶん化かは、何なん世せい紀きにもわたって日に本ほんの沿えん岸がん地ち域いきで受うけ継つがれてきた。

    The culture of ama divers has been passed down for centuries in Japan's coastal regions.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    海
    うみ…(16)
    sea・ocean
    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
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