Birding

Japanese: birding
Birding

…However, the term birdwatching only came into general use in the 20th century. The term birding seems to have been used before that. However, in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, the wife laments, "My husband went birding this morning," and it is unclear whether the birding referred to here is the same as today's birdwatching or bird hunting. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "birding" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,バードウォッチングの語が一般に流布するのは20世紀になってからである。それ以前には,バーディングbirdingの語が使われていたようである。ただし,シェークスピアの《ウィンザーの陽気な女房たち》の中にある〈夫は今朝バーディングに行った〉と妻が嘆くくだりのバーディングは,今日のバードウォッチングなのか,鳥の狩猟なのかはよくわからない。…

※「birding」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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