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Tenkara Word Bank List

English

Romanized

Hiragana/Katakana

Kanji

Comment

10 color

Ten kara

てんから


Joking origin of Tenkara based on proverb 10 people, 10 colors10人十色

11 feet 6 inches

11 fi-to 6 inchi

じゅういちフィートろくインチ



3 level zoom type carbon rod

3 dann shiki zu-mu ka-bonn ro-do

さんだんしきズーム カーボンロード

3段式ズーム カーボンロード


Able to cast a longer line

Nagame no rain o furu koto ga dekiru


長めのラインを振る事ができる

this means having the skill to cast a longer line

Accurately casting or precisely casting

seikaku ni kyasutingu


正確にキャスティング


afternoon

gogo

ごご

午後


aiming place or where to aim

nerau basho


狙う場所

meaning the target spot to drop the fly

Aluminum plug

arumi ka senn


アルミ下栓

Google may translate it as "Aluminum under (the) plug. Meaning an aluminum plug at butt end of the rod

aluminum rod case

arumi roddo ke-su

アルミロッドケース



Amago

Amago

アマゴ


A breed of Sakura trout 桜鱒

Amano Katsutoshi

Amano Katsutoshi

あまの  かつとし

天野勝利

Famous Japanese angler's name

an "eye" for finding fish

Sakana wo mitsukeru me

さかなをみつけるめ

魚を見つける「目」

a useful skill to know

Approach

Apuro-chi

アプローチ


The first technique one needs to master

Autumn

aki

あき


back cast

bakku kyasuto


バックキャスト


backpack

ryukku

リュック


Also called Ryukku Sack  リュックサック

Badger hackle

baja-hakkuru

バジャーハックル



Bait fishing

esa tsuri

えさつり

餌釣り


Bamboo

take

たけ


base winding

shita maki

したまき

下巻き

term for the base winding of thread when tying a kebari

basic or fundamental tenkara fishing tools / equipment

kihon no tenkara tsuri dougu

きほんのテンカラつりどうぐ

基本のテンカラ釣り道具

basic tackle, rigging, clothing and other support gear like campign gear

bead head kebari

bi-zu heddo kebari

ビーズヘッドけばり

ビーズヘッド毛鉤


bear bells

kuma no suzu

くまのすず

熊の鈴

useful equipment to have when in bear country

below, under, lower, bottom

shita

した

position reference

big river

Ookina kawa

おおきなかわ

大きな川

Big or large (wide) river

big trout

biggutorauto

ビッグトラウト



blue gill

buru-giru

ブルーギル


a fish species from the sun fish family

bonfire

kagaribi


篝火


bonfire

takibi


たき火

can also mean: camp fire or open fire

braided line

Bureideddorain

ブレイデッドライン



branch river

Shiryuu

しりゅう

支流

A branch of the main river

breast feathers of hen pheasant

mesu kiji no munage

めすきじのむなげ

雌 雉の胸毛


bring the fish in

Sakana wo torikomi

さかなをとりこみ

魚を取り込み


broken rod tip

oreta sao no hosaki

折れた竿の穂先



butterfly

chou

ちょう


calling it a day

Noukann

ノウカン

納竿

The point when you call it quits and put the rod away

carbon rod case

ka-bonn roddo ke-su

カーボンロッドケース


rod tube or other type case

cast practice method

kyasuto renshuuhou

キャストれんしゅうほう

キャスト練習法


casting

ikomi

いこみ

射込み or 鋳込み

transfering power into the line by swinging the rod.

casting

kyasutinngu

キャスティング 



casting is half of tenkara

kyasutingu ga hanbunn no tenkara dearu

キャスティングが 半分のテンカラ である。


A statement I read in a Dr Ishigaki blog post. 

casually dropping of the fly in the river

kawa ni fuwatari to otoshi

かわにふわたりとおとし

川にふわりと落とし

a method of landing a fly

catch and release

Kyacchi and riri-su

キャッチアンドリリース


Releasing the fish after catching it

catching fish with every cast

Ire gui

いれぐい

入れ食い

a combination of skill, timing, luck

catching many varieties (of fish)

Gomoku tsuri

ごもくつり

五目釣り


caught me

bareta

ばれた


Sometimes heard in videos when the fish is caught

center of flow

nagare kokoro


流心

middle of the current flow

center of gravity

juushinn (Jūshin)

じゅうしん

重心

the longitudinal balance point of the extended rod. Literally - weight center

centimeter

senchi

センチ



char

Iwana

いわな

岩魚


characteristics of Tenkara level line

tenkara reberurainn no tokuchou


テンカラレベルラインの特徴

or - features of tenkara level line

chicken

niwatori

ニワトリ

the bird, meat is tori-niku

chicken feather

Kōchin no ke

コーチンの毛

コーチンの毛


chong chong

chonn chonn

チョンチョン


an onomatopoeia (sound word) like chuga-chuga, meaning something repeated rhythmically, as in fly manipulation, pulsing

clear stream

seiryu

せいりゅう

清流

seiryu tsuri  (clear water fishing)

clumsy fly

hebo kebari

ヘボけばり

ヘボ毛鉤


cock hackle

kokkusadoru


コックサドル


collapsed length

shimai sunpo

しまいすんぽう

仕舞寸法

the length of a collapsed rod

colorful tenkara fly

karafuruna Tenkara kebari

カラフルなテンカラけばり

カラフルなテンカラ毛鉤


commercial Fisherman

shokuryoushi

しょくりょうし

職漁師

 the name used for the professional Tenkara fisherman

cool casting

Kakkoī kyasutingu

かっこいいキャスティング


or attractive casting

copper pheasant

yamadori

ヤマドリ

山鳥

mountain bird

cork grip

koruku guripu

コルクグリップ



creel

Biku

びく


wicker basket "evaporator cooler" to hold fish

cross a river

Tosho suru

としょする

徒渉する

to cross or wade across a river

Daiwa

daiwa

ダイワ


Major fishing equipment manufacturer

dam

damu

ダム



dam pool

pu-ru entei


プール・堰堤

pool created by natural or man-made dam, also written as 堰堤プール

day

nichi 

にち

27日 = 27-Nichi = The 27th

deep (fishing) water

Fukaba

ふかば

深場

A deep water fishing spot

degree of pole of elasticity

sao no danryoku no guai


竿の弾力の具合


derived from the etymology of Tenkara

tenkara no gogen yurai

テンカラの語源由来

テンカラの語源由来

"gogen" theory of origins of the name Tenkara

disconnecting sticking rod tip

Hosaki no kochaku hazushi

ほさきのこちゃくはずし

穂先の固着外し

phrase used for method to get rod segments unstuck. Here the rod tip segment

downstream

kawashimo


川下


Dr Hisao Ishigaki

Ishigaki hisao sennsei

いしがきひさお せんせい

石垣尚男 先生

Tenkara grand master, university professor

drag (a fly)

Doraggu

ドラッグ


When a fly is unnaturally pulled through water

dropped and Atari

Gakutto Atari

ガクッとアタリ


plunging,  collapsing , buckling , dropping. Thus the idea of droppiing the fly  down 

dry fly

dorai furai

ドライフライ



east

higashi

ひがし


empty handed

Bouzu

ボウズ


The state of not catching a single fish

end or tip of the string

himo no hashi


紐の端


English

eigo

えいご

英語


enokitake (mushroom)

enokidake

榎茸



expert

meijin

めいじん

名人

In katakana メイジン. Will also translate as: Virtuoso or Master

Fall

Aki

あき

the season

fast flowing

hayainagare


速い流れ

fast flowing water current

favorite fly

sukina kebari

すきなけばり

好きな毛鉤

Sukina can also be: liked, choice.

favorite rod

daisukina sao

だいすきなさお

大好きな竿


favorite Tenkara Tools

okonomi tenkara dougu

おこのみテンカラどうぐ

お好みテンカラ道具

道具 / どうぐ will also translates as : equipment , instruments, etc.

feather

umou

うもう

羽毛


feather size

hane no ookisa

羽の大きさ



fire

hi

A  fire

first day

ichi nichime


一日目

or 1日目

fish

sakana

さかな

Generic word for fish

fish (is/gets) caught

sakana ga kuwa emu

さかながくわえむ

魚がくわえむ

ヤマメがくわえむ = Yamame gets caught

fish pouch

Biku

ビク


Often used in keiryu fishing

fisherman's knot or  Gut knot

Tegusumusubi

テグス結び

テグス結び

Gut as a name for fishing line, seems to be a name derived from a British name for fishing line

Fishing

tsuri

つり

釣り

also understood as fishingu

fishing downstream

Tsuri-kudari

釣り下り



fishing enthusiast Sanpei

Tsuri kichi sannpei

つりきちさんぺい

釣りキチ三平

Manga cartoon about fishing

fishing gear  

tsurigu

つりぐ

釣具


fishing gear shop

tsurigu no mise

つりぐのみせ

釣具の店

Google may translate it as: shop of fishing gear or Fishing tackle shop, however tackle is タックル.

fishing line

tsurikei

つりけい

釣り糸

also understood as fishingu rain

fishing method

tsuri houhou


釣り方法


fishing method was mastered

etoku shita chouhou


会得した釣法


fishing pole lillian exchange

tsurizao ririankoukann


釣竿 リリアン交換

alternately - exchanging, interchange, swap, substitution

fishing results

chouka

ちようか

釣果

As in how many fish did you catch

fishing seat (chair)

Tsuri za

つりざ

釣り座


fishing tackle

tsuri takkuru

つりタックル

釣りタックル


fishing tackle shop

tsurigutenn

つりぐてん

釣具店


fishing tippet

tsuri tipetto

つりティペット

釣りティペット

tippet line

fishing up stream

Tsuri nobori

釣り上り



float line

furōtorain

フロートライン


type in - furo-torainn

float the fly

kebari wo ukase

けばりをうかせ

毛鉤を浮かせ


floating

furo-tingu

フローティング



floating device (agent) for a fly

Kebari wo ukaseru tame no furyokuzai

けバリをうかせるためのふりょくざい

毛バリを浮かせるための浮力剤


floating fly

uiteiru kebari

ういているけばり

浮いている毛鉤


flow

nagare

ながれ

流れ


fluorescent yellow

Keikō ierō


蛍光イエロー


fluorocarbon line

furoroka-bonn rainn

フロロカーボンライン


fluorocarbon monofilament line

fluorocarbon line

Fukka tanso rainn

ふっかたんそライン

フッ化炭素ライン


fly

Kebari

けばり

毛バリ

Also written as 毛鉤

fly (kebari) making materials

kebari tsukuri no zairyou


毛鉤作りの材料


fly (kebari) making tools

kebari tsukuri no dougu

けばりつくりのどうぐ

毛鉤作りの道具


fly box

kebarai bako

けばりばこ

毛バリ箱

also written as 毛鉤箱

Fly casting precisely

seikakuna Kebari kyasutingu 

せいかくなけばりきゃすてぃんぐ

正確な毛鉤キャスティング


fly fishing

Furai fisshingu

フライフィッシング


No kanji for this borrowed word

fly jumping (poping out) on the surface of the water

minamo ni tobidashi kebari


水面に飛び出し毛鉤

 飛び(tobi) is jump, skip or fly.

fly manipulation

kebari no ayatsuri


毛鉤の操り


fly manipulation method

kebari wo ayatsuru houhou

けばりをあやつるほうほう

毛鉤を操る方法


fly materials

furai materiaru

フライマテリアル



fly movement or motion

kebari no ugoki

けばりのうごき

毛針の動き

 describing movement of the kebari during manipulation to entice the fish to take the kebari

fly runs (or rides) on the water (surface)

Kebari ga minamo o hashiru

毛鉤が水面を走る



fly tying vise

kebari baisu

けばりバイス

毛鉤バイス

one of several ways it can be written

forceps

Kanshi

かんし

鉗子

Useful tool for removing flys that are deeply swallowed

forward cast

fowādokyasuto

フォワードキャスト


type in fowaudo for Forward, type kyasuto for Cast.

forward fly

junn kebari


順毛鉤

 Normal hackle fly. Oppsite of Sakasa Kebari

Fuji Hiromichi

Fuji Hiromichi

ふじひろみち

富士弘道

Famous Japanese angler's name

Fuji type fly

fuji shiki kebari


冨士式毛鉤

 Fuji style Fly. You could substitue; Oni 鬼、or Ishigaki 石垣, or other name.

full flex rod

dou choushi no sao

胴調子さお

胴調子の竿

a 5:5 rod. 

full length

zenchou


全長

Or Total Length of a rod

furled taper line

Basu

ばす

馬素

Originally made from horse hair

Gamakatsu

gamakatsu

がまかつ


Name of a major fishing equipment mfg

gimmick winding

shikake maki


仕掛け巻き

a generic term for Line Spools of all types: spools, card spools, ladder line holders, etc

glue

nori

のり


alternate spelling, グルー , gurū, guru-

go fishing

Chokko

ちょうこ

釣行

Let's go fishing = chouko shimashou

good job, great effort

Otsukare sama deshita

おつかれさまでした

お疲れ様でした

An expression said to one another at the end of the day (working, fishing, anything)

grams

guramu

グラム


28.3495 grams = 1 oz.

grandpa fly

jiisann kebari

じいさんけばり

爺さん毛鉤

Or - Old man fly

grasshopper fly

gurasuhoppa kebari (furai)

グラスホッパーけばり

グラスホッパー毛バリ


grip

gurippu

グリップ


i.e. the handle of the rod

grip (hand grip)

nigiri

にぎり

握り

Or grasp, hold.

gripping position

nigiri ichi

にぎりイチ

握り位置

meaning the position where you hold the rod

hanagasa fly

hanagasa kebari


花笠毛鉤

kebari name coined by Horie Keigu

handmade taper line

tetsukuri  te-pa-rainn

手ツクりテーパーライン

手作りテーパーライン


headwaters camp

genryuu yaei

げんりゅうやえい

源流野営


headwaters fishing

Gennryuu tsuri

げんりゅうつり

源流釣り


heaven

ten

てん

As is the place above Tengoku  天国

hen pheasant

mesu kiji

めす・きじ

雌・雉


hiding yourself behind rocks

iwa de sugata wo kakusu

いわですがたをかくす

岩で姿を隠す

a method for preventing the fish from seeing you

homemade Tenkara pole

tesei no tenkara sao


手製のテンカラ竿

手製 = hand made by

hook

fukku

フック


also called hari 針 or fish hook tsuri bari 釣針

hook keeper

fukku ki-pa-

フックキーパー



how to "drop" the fly

kebari no otoshi-kata

けばりのおとしかた

毛バリの落とし方


how to extend tenkara rod

Tenkara sao no dashi-kata

テンカラ竿の出し方

テンカラ竿の出し方

Google shows it as How to put out Tenkara pole

how to make a fly

Kebari no maki-kata

けばりのまきかた

毛針の巻き方


how to put way tenkara rod

Tenkara sao no shimai-kata

テンカラ竿のしまい方

テンカラ竿のしまい方


how to sink the fly

kebari no nagashi kata


毛鉤の流し方


how to use

shiyouhouhou

しようほうほう

使用方法


how to use

shiyouhouhou


使用方法


I cannot see the fly

kebari ga mienai

けばりがみえない

毛鉤が見えない


iillian exchange

ririann koukann

リリアンコウカン

リリアン交換

Or lillian replace

image the fish movement

sakana no ugoki wo "image" suru

さかなのうごきをイメージする

魚の動きを「イメージ」する

a good skill to have

implantation (of the)  Fly

Kebari o uchikomi


毛鉤を打ち込み

alternately - Fly driving.

in the ..... (north etc..) direction

houmen

ほうめん

方面

in the north direction : kita houmen 北方面

inlet water point

nyuu mizu tenn


入水点

Literally = entry water point , the point where the fly lands on the water. There are many other romaji ways of speling this phrase, I used the simpliest spelling.

interline rod

inta-rainn roddo


インターラインロッド

alternate phrase for 中通しロッド inside threading(line) rod

inverted flow

hatenn ryuu


反転流

reverse flow

invitation fishing or enticement fishing

Sasoi-dzuri

誘い釣り


generally refers to pulsing or wiggling the fly to attract the fish to strike, imitate a living insect

Invitation or temptation

Sasoi

さそい

誘い

A casting technique to lure, invite, tempt the fish

it came out, appear

deta

でた

出た

meaning the fish came out. 

Itoshiro Fisher's Holiday

itoshiro fisshazu horide

イトシロフィッシャーズホリデー

石徹白Fisher's Holiday

the katakana spelling provides better Google search results.  But it's common to see it listed with the English spelling for this annual event.

iwana (char)

iwana

イワナ

岩魚

岩 魚 = rock fish

Japanese language

nihongo

にほんご

日本語

日本(nihon) is Japan

Japanese style

wafuu

わふう

和風

和式 (washiki) also means Japanese style, it may be the better form for Tenkara related phrases

Japanese style fly (kebari) fishing

Wafū no kebari-dzuri


和風の毛鉤釣り

you might note that the Kanji for wind 風 (aka Kaze or fū ) here means Style

Japanese-style

washiki

わしき

和式

和風 (wafuu) also means Japanese style, but it may have a sligtly different meaning

joint number

tsugisuu


継数

The number of segments, sections, or joints in a telescopic rod

joint rod type

tsugi roddo taipu


継ロッドタイプ

aka a telescopic rod. 継 (tsugi) can mean a seated splice joint

jointed mountain stream tenkara rod type

tsugi keiryuu tenkara roddo taipu


継渓流テンカラロッドタイプ

aka telescopic type rods. Google might transalte it as Ridge or Cantenated rod type

jump

tobu


飛ぶ

or fly, as in fly through the air, applied to casting the line or kebari

Just below the surface of the water

minamo chokka


水面直下


karaman pike ( meaning the no tangle tip)

karamanhosaki


からまん穂先

からまん(karaman) is abbreviated form of からまない (karamanai) no tangle. 穂先 (hosaki) is name for the rod tip or fore end

Kashiwagi Shigetaka

kashiwagi shigetakasann

かしわぎしげたか

柏木重孝

A Japanese man who makes unique tenkara rod that run the line through the inside of the rod blank

Katayama Etsuji

katayama etsuji

かたやまえつじ

片山悦二

Tenkara teacher, field tester for Daiwa, develops LL and LL rods.

kebari materials

kebari materuaru

けばりまてりある


items used to tie kebari

kebari mountain stream fishing travelogue

kebari keiryuu tsuri kikou


毛鉤渓流釣紀行


kebari talk or discussion

kebari taidan

けばりたいだん

毛鉤対談


keiryu gloves

keiryu guro-bu

けいりゅうグローブ

渓流グローブ

gloves made for Keiryu (bait) anglers

keiryu vest

keiryu besuto

けいりゅうベスト

渓流ベスト

a vest made for Keiryu (bait) anglers

killer Bug

kira-bagu

キラーバグ


will translate as Killer Bug. Name of Frank Sawyer's fly

knife

Naifu

ナイフ

出刃、刃物

Deba

landing

Randingu

ランディング


The art of bringing in the fish you hooked (usually by net)

landing Net

ranndingu netto

ランディングネット



lantern Fly Fishing

chouchin kebari-tsuri

ちょうちんけばりつり

提灯毛鉤釣り

A technique 

lantern fly tackle

choochinn kebari shikake


ちょうちん毛鉤仕掛け

Lantern fishing is fishing with long rod, and short line, maybe .6m to 1.5m line.

large

dai

だい

something larger or bigger

left

hidari

ひだり


lessons

resson


レッソン

as in tenkara lesson

level Line

reberu rainn

レベルライン



light level line

karui reberu rainn

かるいレベルライン

軽いレベルライン


lilian

Ririan

リリアン



lillian (to exchange or replace)

ririan koukann

リリアンこうかん

リリアン交換


lillian attachment

ririann toritsuke

リリアンとりつけ

リリアン取り付け

can also be thought of as mounted, mounting, installation,

lillian is a little thick

ririann ha yaya futoi

リリアンはやや太い



lillian mounting

ririann toritsuke


リリアン取り付け

Or Lillian attachment or installation

lillian part of the rod tip

hosaki no ririann no bubunn


穂先のリリアンの部分

Google may translate it as - Lillian part of the pike(ears, fore end)

line (winding) storage system

kaiten shikake maki

かいてんしかくまき

回転仕掛巻

name for a wheel shaped line spool that has fly storage compartments, i.e., Gamakatsu GM1898

line tangle

itogarami

イトガラミ

糸絡み


line to lillian knot

ririann he no ito no musubikata


リリアンへの糸の結び方

Google may translate it as - Knots of yarn to Lillian

line weight

rainn omori

ライン おもり

ライン重り

line size weight

Line, tipper and fly

Shikake

しかけ

仕掛け


live bait

Iki esa

いきえさ

生き餌さ


location, where, place

basho

ばしょ

場所

you might see this phrase in a sentence about where the kebari is in the water

long line

rongu rain

ロングライン



long line expert

ronngu rain no meishu

ロングラインのめいしゅ

ロングラインの名手

Master Sakakibara is known as such an expert

long time

nagaijikann


長い時間

Long period. As when holding the kebari still in the water for a long time.

look at the fly or see the fly

Kebari o mite

けばりをみて

毛鉤を見て

type in the "o" by typing wo = を. If you just type o = お

looking for the fish

Saguru

さぐる

探る

The act of "looking for" where the fish are

lure (invite) by float...float...floating...(a fly)

fuwa〜fuwa〜fuwa to sasoimasu

フワッ フワッフワっとさそいます

フワッ フワッフワっと誘います

a technique of fly dragging to imitate bug movement

main river

Honnryu

ほんりゅう

本流

The primary river

mainspring (zenmai) fluff

Zenmai watage

ゼンマイ ワタゲ

ゼンマイ綿毛

the fern fibers used like dubbing to make fly bodies

mainspring barrel

zenmai dou


ゼンマイ胴

barrel means the body (ボディ) of the kebari

manipulate (upstream)

gyakubiki

ぎゃくびき

逆引き

a presentation where you cast downstream and then pulse the fly back upstream against the flow

mark, marker, indicator

shirushi

しるし


Masami Sakakibara

sakakibara masami

さかきばら まさみ

榊原 正巳

Master of Tenkara, a.k.a Sakakibara Sensei

master

Shisho

ししょ

師匠

Master, person held highly, grand master, e.g, Dr Ishigaki

master Line

masuta- rainn


マスター ライン


match the hatch

Macchi za hacchi

マッチザハッチ


Matching the fly with the insects the fish naturally eat

matched fly

macchishita kebari


マッチした毛鉤

matching the fly/kebari to the hatch

mawa lillian

mawa ririann

まわリリアン


another name for a rotating lillian fitting. Perhaps a Shimano name.

may fly

kagerou

カゲロー

蜉蝣

 May Fly is in the Ephemeroptera class of insects. 

medium tone rod

chu choushi sao

中調子竿


a medium flex rod -  for exampe a 6:4 flex rod

messtin (or Hangō) meal cooking

hangou suisan

はんごすいさん

飯盒炊爨

Hangō is outdoor meal cooking utencil often used for (but not limited to) steaming rice

meter

mētoru

メートル



middle, medium, inside

naka, chuu

なか

position reference

midsummer

manatsu

まなつ

真夏


monofilament line

monofiramento rainn

モノフィラメントライン



month or Moon

tsuki


3月 = March , etc

morning activity periods

asa mazume

あさまずめ

朝マズメ

Sunrise: may coincide with a hatch, but this is that time in the morning when fish are active

mountain stream fishing

Keiryuu tsuri

けいりゅうつり

渓流釣り


murky conditions

Nigori jotai

にごりじょうたい

濁り

water conditions following a big rain

mushroom

kinoko

キノコ ( きのこ)



my tenkara rod collection

watashi no tenkara sao korukushonn

わたしのテンカラ さお これくしょん

私のテンカラ竿コレクション


narrow loop

naro-ru-pu

ナローループ



narrow river

kawa haba ga semai

かわはばがせまい

川幅が狭い


natural drift

nachurarudorifuto

ナチュラルドリフト


of a kebari or fly

nature

shizenn

しぜん

自然

natural, naturally

neck

minoge

みのげ

蓑毛

I'm not 100% certain minoge means neck feathers

neck hackle

minoge hakkuru

みのげハックル

蓑毛ハックル


nippers

Nippa-

ニッパー


Must have line cutting tool

normal fly

futsuu kebari


普通毛鉤

Google; Usually fly, common fly, ordinary fly. afaik = neautral hackle, not reverse or forward hackle

north

kita

きた

the direction

not soft hackle

sofuto hakkuru denaku

ソフトハックルでなく

ソフトハックルで無く

or - instead of soft hackle

nstrich fern

zenmai


ゼンマイ


nver head cast

Oh-ba heddo kyasuto

オーバーヘッドキャスト



nylon line

naironrainn

ナイロンライン


nylon monofilament line

nymph fly

ninfu kebari

ニンフけばり

ニンフ毛バリ


on the surface of the water

Minamo-jō


水面上


opening the hackle

hakkuru ga hiraku

ハックルがひらく

ハックルが開く

hackle opens or open hackle

ordinary lillian

futsuu no ririann

ふつうのリリアン

普通のリリアン

regualar, common or standard lillian

own way

Jikoryuu

じこりゅう or ジコリュウ

自己流

or own style

own way tenkara

garyuu tenkara


我流 テンカラ

我流 = Self-taught

own weight

jichou


自重

as in weight of the rod, example 自重 65g

parachute fly

parashu-to kebari

パラシュートけばり

パラシュート毛鉤


part or section

bubun

ぶぶん

部分

type in by doubling the n, bubunn

patagonia

patagonia

パタゴニア



peacock

kujaku

クジャク

孔雀

Or pea fowl

peacock eye

pi-kokkuai

ピーコックアイ



peacock herl

pi-kokku ha-ru

ピーコックハール

孔雀ハール

the katakana spelling ピーコックハール finds better google results

pepper spray

tougarashi supure-

とうがらしスプレー

唐辛子スプレー

useful to have in hand for those close (bear) encounters

pick up the cast of Tenkara

Tenkara no kyasuto o pikkuappu

テンカラのキャストをピックアップ


Pick up here means; observe, learn,etc. NOT pick up of the line.

pliers

puraiya

プライヤー



pole repair

saoshuuri

さおしゅうり

竿修理


presentation

Purezennte-shonn

プレゼンテーション


The act of getting the fly to the desired point

pull the leader

ri-da- wo hiku 

リーダーをひく

リーダーを引く


pull up

Awase

あわせ

合わせ

Movement of the rod upward when you get a strike

pull up, raise

hikiageru


引き上げる

As in raising the rod tip

rainbow trout

Niji masu

にじます

虹鱒


raise the rod tip

sao hosaki wo hiki ageru

さおほさきをひきあげる

竿穂先を引き上げる


recommended tenkara tackle

osusume tenkara takkuru

おすすめテンカラタックル

お勧めテンカラタックル

Recommended also written as : オススメ

reel rod

ri-ru roddo (or sao)

リールロッド

リール竿

a rod with a reel

reverse hackle fly

sakasa kebari

さかさけばり

逆さ毛バリ

effective for making the fly look alive underwater

reverse pull

gyakubiki

ぎゃくびき

逆引き

as in pulling a fly up stream

right

migi

みぎ

Don't confuse it with the kanji for "stone", 石, ishi. 石 & 右 look similar.

rise fishing

Tsuri agari

釣り 上がり


term used to, for example, refer to a type of kebari to be used when fish are risng

river

kawa

かわ

generic word

river flow

karyuu


河流


river insect (bug)

kawa mushi

かわむし

川虫


river source

Genntou

げんとう

源頭

The point where the water source begins in the mountain

river stream

kei


stream

ro-biki the gut

Tegusu o rō hiki (or biki)

テグスを蝋引き

テグスを蝋引き

gut is fishing line or fishing gut. The rō hiki part means waxed.

rod

sao

さお

竿

also use ロッド "roddo"

rod base diameter

Sao moto Wataru


竿 元 径

Google might show it as - Pole original diameter or as Saomoto径

rod butt

Sao jiri

さおじり

竿尻


rod repair

roddo shuuri

ロッド 修理

ロッド 修理


rod tip

sao hosaki

さおほさき

竿穂先

one of several phrases for the tip of the rod

rod tip

Sao saki

さおさき

竿先


rod tip bending

saosaki ga magaru

さおさきがまがる

竿先が曲がる


rod tip cap

Sao saki kyappu

さおさきキャップ

竿先キャップ

broad phrase for cap for all rod types

rod tip diameter

Sao-saki Wataru


竿 先 径

Google might show it as - Sao-saki径

rod tip lillian repair

hosaki ririann no shuuri

ほさきリリアンのしゅうり

穂先リリアンの修理


rod tip plug

sao saki senn

さおさきせん

竿先栓


rod tip section

sao sentann bubunn


竿先端部分

部分 (bubunn) = Part

rod tone of 5:5

tenkara sao no choushi de 5:5

テンカラ竿の調子で5:5


Google translate may show it as : n the tone of Tenkara rod 5: 5. aka a full flex tenkara rod

roll cast

ro-ru kyasuto

ロールキャスト


テンカラでロールキャスト [tenkara de ro-rukyasuto] Tenkara roll cast

rotary lillian

kaitenshikiririann


回転式リリアン

rotating lillian, i.e. the type of rod tip that has the lillian attached to a metal fitting that rotates

running

Hashiru

はしる

走る

The state of a fish who runs (swims) around after being hooked

saddle

shirige

しりげ

尻毛

feathers from the tail sections of birds

sakura

sakura

サクラ


Tenkara rod mfg, also name for cherry blossom

salmon roe

Ikura

いくら

いくら

Bait used in stream fishing

sashimi

Sashimi

さしみ

刺身

Raw sliced fish for consumption

scatter

tobichitte


飛び散って

or splashed

scissors

Shiza-zu or Hasami

しざーず


Also called hasami はさみ

Sebata Yuzo

sebata yuuzou

せばたゆうぞう

瀬畑雄三

Master Tenkara angler

second day

futsukame

ふつかめ

2日目

 Day 2

self made taper line

jisaku te-pa-rainn

ジサクテーパーライン

自作テーパーライン

ジサク / 自作テ alternatively = homebrew, original work, own

shake or swing the rod

sao o furu


竿を振る


shake the rod at a sufficient speed

Jūbun'na supīdo de sao o fure


充分なスピードで竿を振れ

振れ (fure) will translate as shake, or swing. It contains the concept of deflection, or blurring by rapid movement.

Shimano

shimano

シマノ


Major fishing equipment manufacturer

shooting line

shūtingurain

シューティングライン



side cast

Saido kyasuto

サイドキャスト


A technique for casting a fly to the point

side pull manipulation

yokobiki

よこびき

横引き

presentation of dragging your fly away from the "hot" zone where the fish are sitting

silk Line

Shirukurain

シルクライン



silky Gomboy

shiruki-gomubo-i

シルキー ゴムボーイ


Folding saw knife

silky Pocketboy

shiruki-pokettobo-i

シルキー ポケットボーイ


Silky saw - small folding saw knife

sink or flow

nagashi


流し

flowing. may also be used to mean drifting the kebari

sink the fly

kebari wo shizumeru

けばりをしずめる

毛鉤を沈める

or submerge the kebari. enter as separate words.

sinking fly

shizumi kebari


沈み毛鉤


sinking hanagase fly

shizumi hanagasa kebari


沈み花笠毛鉤


skip a level line

rebrurainn wo tobasu

レベルラインをとばす

レベルラインを飛ばす

tobasu translates as skip or fly, as in fly through the air. A phrase used to describe casting the line

skip the fly

Kebari o tobasu


毛鉤を飛ばす

this means make the kebari fly through the air, i.e. casting. 飛ばす (tobasu) might also translate as : fly, thus - fly the fly.

slow flow

osoinagare


遅い流れ

as in slow flowing water current

small

sho 

しょう

small or smaller size

small extension rod type

kotsugi roddo taipu


小継ロッドタイプ

Google may translate it as Small Relay rod type. Insert 渓流テンカラ after 小継 to improve google search results

smaller, less, little, fewer

shō

しょう

a slightly different form of 小

snapped line

Awase kire

あわせきれ

あわせ切れ

Caused by pulling up on a large fish

so that the fly is running on the water

Kebari ga minamo o hashiru yō

毛鉤が水面を走るよう


hashi homonyms: 走(hashi, run), 橋(hashi, bridge), 箸(hashi, chopsticks)

soft hackle

sofuto hakkuru

ソフトハックル



south

minami

みなみ

direction

splashing

bashabasha

バシャバシャ


example a kebari splashing on water surface to attract fish take

spool

supu-ru

スプール



spring

Haru

はる

the season

stop

tomeru

とめる

止める

as in stop pulling or something blocking movement

story of tenkara

tenkara no hanashi

テンカラの話


or Tenkara's story.

straight line

sutore-to rainn

ストレートライン



straw mushroom

fukurotake

フクロタケ



stream

kawa or sutori-mu

かわor ストリーム


stream trek (trekking)

sutori-mu torekkingu

ストリームトレッキング



stream, brook

ogawa

おがわ

小川

small river

streamer fly

sutori-ma- kebari

ストリーマー けばり

ストリーマー 毛バリ


strike, hit

Atari

あたり


The moment when the fish takes the fly (bait)

string or cord

himo

ひも


summer

Natsu

なつ

the season

sundown

Yuu mazume

ゆうまずめ

夕まずめ

The time the sun goes down (and fish feed are active)

sunlight

nikkou


日光

or Daylight , sunshine

sunrise

Asa mazume

あさまずめ

朝まずめ

The time the sun rises (and fish begin feeding)

swallow

tsubame

つばめ


tail

te-ru

テール



take the bait (fly)

Kui

くい

食い

Literally means "eat"

tamo (net)

Tamo

タモ


Fish net

tangle prevention mechanism

itogarami boushikikou


糸絡み防止機構

line tangle prevention feature

taper line

te-pa-rainn

テーパーライン



taper line connection

te-pa- rainn no tsunagi

テーパーラインのつなぎ


connecting a tapered line type loop to the lillian

tarp

ta-pu

タープ / たーぷ



tarp pole

ta-pu po-ru

タープポール


Google may transalte is as Tarp Paul

telescopic type Tenkara rod

Naka toshi shiki no tennkara sao

なかとししきのテンカラさお

中通し式のテンカラ竿


tenkara

tennkara

テンカラ

天カラ

means, from heaven, a style of Japanese fishing

tenkara (10 people, 10 styles)

tenkara ha juunintoiro

テンカラはじゅうにんといろ

テンカラは十人十色

十人 Ten People + Ten Colors 十色

tenkara (just getting started)

Tenkara kotohajime


テンカラ事始め

事始め also translates as Guidance to

tenkara angler

Tennkara tsuri-shi

テンカラつりし

テンカラ釣師


Tenkara book

tenkara no honn


テンカラの本


Tenkara booklet (brochure)

tenkara no sasshi


テンカラの冊子


tenkara casting

tenkarakyasutingu

テンカラキャスティング


or use テンカラのキャスティング (Tenkara no kyasutingu) casting of tenkara

tenkara casting accuracy is important

Tenkara no kyasutingu no seikaku-sa ga jūyō


テンカラのキャスティングの正確さが重要


tenkara casting video

tenkarakyasutingu dōga

テンカラキャスティングどうが

テンカラキャスティング動画

For Video - 動画 (dōga) typein douga

tenkara classroom

Tenkara kyōshitsu

テンカラきょうしつ

テンカラ教室

enter kyōshitsu by typing kyoushitsu

tenkara dedicated pole

tenkara sen'yō no sao


テンカラ専用の竿


tenkara Demon

tennkara no oni

てんからのおに

テンカラの鬼

Nickname of Tenkara master Masami Sakakibara

tenkara equipment theory

tenkara soubironn


テンカラ装備論


tenkara experts' flies

tenkara meijin-tachi no kebari

テンカラめいじんたちのけばり

テンカラ名人たちの毛鉤


tenkara fisher

tenkara no tsuri hito

テンカラのつりひと

テンカラの釣り人

alternatively : fisherman, fishing people

tenkara fishing

Tennkara tsuri

テンカラつり

テンカラ釣り


tenkara fishing results

tenkara chouka


テンカラ釣果

釣果, chōka = fishig results

tenkara fishing trip

tenkara choukou


テンカラ釣行

釣行, chōkō= fishing trip

tenkara Goods

tenkaraguzzu

テンカラグッズ


Collectibles, goods,  gifts, merchandise, or

tenkara is fun

tenkara ha tanoshii

テンカラはたのしい

テンカラは楽しい

Or - is fun, is enjoyable, etc.

tenkara it's fun

tenkara sono omoshiro-sa


テンカラその面白さ


tenkara magazine

tenkara no zasshi

テンカラのざっし

テンカラの雑誌


tenkara magician

tennkara majishann

テンカラマジシャン


Nickname of Tenkara master Masami Sakakibara

tenkara miscellaneous notes

Tenkara zakki

テンカラざっき

テンカラ雑記


tenkara mook

tenkara mukku

テンカラムック


A mook is similar to a magzine that generally inclues a DVD. Or ムック本, mook book.

tenkara own style/own way

Tenkara jikoryuu


テンカラ自己流

Note : ū is often entered in hiragana by typing uu

tenkara rod

Tennkara sao

テンカラさお

テンカラ竿


tenkara rod cap

tenkara sao kyappu

テンカラさおキャップ

テンカラ竿 キャップ

could be cap or plug, either end of rod

tenkara rod improvement added

tenkara sao kairyou tsuika


テンカラ竿改良追加


tenkara rod in middle through

chuu tooshi tenkara roddo


中通しテンカラロッド

a phrase for a type of rod that has the line run through the inside of the rod blank from the grip end and out the rod tip

tenkara rod length recommendations

tenkara roddo no nagasa osusume

テンカラロッドのながさおすすめ

テンカラロッドの長さお勧め


tenkara rod shape of the grip

Tenkara sao gurippu no katachi wa


テンカラ竿グリップの形は


tenkara rod tip upper plug

Tenkara sao saki no ue senn

テンカラさおのうえせん

テンカラ竿先の上栓

phrase for the upper end plug

tenkara rod tip/end lower plug

tenkara sao saki no shita senn

テンからさおさきのしたせん

テンカラ竿先の下栓

rod grip end plug or cap

tenkara rod tone 6:4

tenkara sao choushi ha 6:4 


テンカラ竿調子 は6:4

a mid flex rod.

tenkara roots or origin

tenkara no yuisho

テンカラのゆいしょ

テンカラの由緒


tenkara style

Tenkarasutairu

テンカラスタイル



tenkara Summit

tenkara samitto

テンカラサミット

テンカラ首脳

首脳 in romaji it is - shunou.

tenkara supplies

tenkara youhinn

テンカラようひん

テンカラ用品

or Goods, Products, etc. for Tenkara

tenkara taper line is under construction

tenkara te-parainn seisakuchuu


テンカラテーパライン製作中

Or in production. Or making

tenkara technique

tennkara tekunikku

テンンカラテクニック


tennkara no gijutsu テンカラの技術

tenkara technique or skill, trick

tenkara waza


テンカラ技


tenkara technogy (techiques)

tenkara no gijutsu

テンカラのぎじゅつ

テンカラの技術

Can also mean - skill, art,

tenkara tool of the day

toujitsu no tenkara dougu

とうじつのテンカラどうぐ

当日のテンカラ道具

basically your Tenkara EDC, or your gear list on any given day

tenkara videos

tennkara douga

テンカラどうが

テンカラ動画

Also written as テンカラビデオ

Tenryu

tenryuu

テンリュウ

天竜

Major fishing equipment manufacturer

tension

chou ka


張カ


terrestrial fly

teresutoriaru kebari

テレストリアルけばり

テレストリアル毛鉤


the line is the same length as the rod

rainn ha roddo to onaji nagasa desu

ラインはロッドとおなじながさです

ラインはロッドと同じ長さです


thick part

Futoi bubun

ふといぶぶん

太い部分


third day

mikkame

みっかめ

三日目

Or 3日目. And so on: 4 = yonn, or shi 四. 5 = go, 五. 6 = roku, 六. etc

thread

sureddo

スレッド


糸 (ito) which usually translates as yarn, can also mean thread

thread spool

ito maki

いとまき

糸巻き

will also translate as bobbin, thread or yarn winding. or pinchusion

throw (cast) the fly

Kebari wo tonyu suru

けばりをとうにゅする

毛バリを投入する


tight loop casting

taitona ru-pu kyasutingu

タイトなループキャスティング



tip flex

saki choushi


先調子

Google may translate it as : previous tone, destination condition, previous pitch, etc. This is one of many ways to describe at tip flex rod such as a 7:3 rod.

tip section

sentann bubunn

せんたんぶぶん

先端部分

tip segment

tippet

Harisu

はりす


Referred to as Tegisu in the old days

tiptoe like a ninja

ninja no yo na shinobi ashi

にんじゃのようなしのびあし

忍者のような忍び足

a way of walking in or along the river

titanium line

chitanrain

チタンライン



to the target point

Mokuteki no poinnto ni

もくてきのポイントに

目的のポイントに

As in casting a fly.......

to transfer the rod

sao o furikomi


竿を振り込み

think transfer power into the rod

together the fish to the fly

Awase wa sakana ga kebari ni

アワセはさかなが毛鉤に

合わせはさかなが毛鉤に

awase will also translate as : match, combine, fit, or suit

top, above, on, above

jou, ue

じょう

relative position

tower cast

tawa- kyasuto

タワーキャスト



transfer

furikomi

ふりこみ

振り込み

a description term often used for Casting, transfering power into the line

transfer method of level line

reberu rain no furikomi hōhō


レベルラインの振り込み方法

transfering power during the cast into the rod or into the line.

trout

torauto

トラウト



trout

masu

ます


trout Festa

torauto fesuta

トラウトフェスタ


an annual event hosted by Sansui in Nov or Dec

two types of fly

nishurui no kebari


二種類の毛鉤


tying

taiingu

タイイング


seems specific to fly tying, not tying something in general

tying tools

taiingu dougu

タイイングどうぐ

タイイング道具

any tool for tying from bobbins to sissors to a tying vise

tying workshop

taiingu wa-kushoppu

タイイングワークショップ



type

taipu

タイプ   or  たいぷ


As in , floating type line

under water

suichuu

すいちゅう

水中


under water photography

suichuu satsuei

すいちゅうさつえい

水中撮影


unnatural drift

fushizenna dorifuto

ふしぜんなドリフト

不自然なドリフト


unnatural movement

ugoki wo fushizenn


動きを不自然


upstream

jouryuu


上流


use the bend of the rod

sao no shinari wo riyou


竿のしなりを利用


uzaki Nissin

uzakinissinn


宇崎日清

Major fishing equipment manufacturer

wader

Ue-da-

ウエーダー


Waist/chest high water-proof fishing trousers

wading shoes

Uedinngu shu-zu

ウェーディングシューズ



water

mizu

みず


water surface

minamo


水面


water surface

sui men

すいめん

水面

as in the river surface  kawa no sui men

water surface tension

minamo chou ka


水面張カ


water system

suikei

すいけい

水系

as in 大分川水系 Oita river (water) system

waterfall

taki



way to grip the pole

sao no nigiri-kata


竿の握り方

Google may translate it as - Grip way of pole

west

nishi

にし

西


wet fly

uetto furai

ウエットフライ



what line is good to use for tenkara

tenkara ni tsukau rainn ha nani ga yoinoka


テンカラに使うラインは何が良いのか


whitish Minoge

hakkei minoge


白系蓑毛

Think of 白系 as meaning off-white

wide loop

waidoru-pu

ワイドループ



wide river

kawa haba ga hiroi

かわはばがひろい

川幅が広い


winter

fuyu

ふゆ

the season

wool

keito


毛糸


world of Tenkara

tennkara no sekai

テンカラのせかい

テンカラの世界


worm

mimizu

ミミズ

蚯蚓

used for live bait

yamame

Yamame

ヤマメ


A breed of Sakura trout 桜鱒

yarn (thread or line) dandruff (line slug)

itofuke (rainn suraggu)


糸フケ(ラインスラッグ)

dandruff is a weird google translation. It basically means ling slag or slack, the way a floating line looks on the water. A related term is ラインがたるみ (line slack, rainn ga tarumi)

year

nen or toshi

ねん  とし

type in nenn

Yoshida Takashi

yoshida takashi

よしだたかし

吉田孝

Well known tenkara angler 


* Updated on January 14, 2017
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