釣ります（つります、tsurimasu）
- to fish

The Japanese verb 釣ります釣ります means "to fish" or "to catch (fish)". It describes the action of using a fishing rod, line, and bait (or lure) to try and capture fish. It can also figuratively mean "to tempt" or "to lure" someone into doing something.

⚫︎週末に魚を釣ります。 Translation: I fish on the weekend. ⚫︎湖で大きな魚を釣ります！ Translation: I will catch a big fish in the lake! ⚫︎彼は彼女を釣るために、甘い言葉を使った。 Translation: He used sweet words to tempt her.

⚫︎ This verb is used to describe the act of fishing, either as a hobby or for sustenance. ⚫︎ It can be used in various tenses, such as present (釣ります釣ります), past (釣りました), future (釣ります釣ります, often implied), or progressive (釣っています). ⚫︎ When used figuratively, it refers to the act of enticing or persuading someone.

⚫︎ The base form is 釣る (tsuru). ⚫︎ The polite form is 釣ります釣ります (tsurimasu). ⚫︎ Kanji: 釣 ⚫︎ Hiragana: つつりりまますす ⚫︎ The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is always りり.

⚫︎ 漁をする (gyo o suru) - to fish (more general term, can also refer to commercial fishing) ⚫︎ 魚を捕る (sakana o toru) - to catch fish

⚫︎ There isn't a direct antonym for "to fish." However, if you consider the result, an antonym might be something like "to fail to catch fish" (e.g., 釣れませんでした - couldn't catch any fish).

今日は海でたくさんの魚を釣ります。 ・Translation: I will catch a lot of fish at the sea today. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the future tense to express the intention of going fishing and catching many fish.

あの店は客を釣るために、特別なキャンペーンをしています。 ・Translation: That store is running a special campaign to lure customers. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 釣る釣る figuratively to describe how the store is using a campaign to attract customers.

The kanji 釣 (tsuri/tsuru) is a combination of two parts: the radical 金 (kane), meaning "metal," and a phonetic component. This indicates that the origin of this word is related to using a hook (made of metal) to catch fish. The verb is derived from the noun referring to fishing (釣りつり - tsuri).