Offshore - Okiai

Japanese: 沖合 - おきあい

〘 noun 〙① The offshore area of a sea or lake. ※The Sorrow of a Boy (1902) by Kunikida Doppo "The boat soon set out into the wide open sea (okiahi) ." ② A fishing commander for a large net fishing operation that uses several fishing boats in the Boso region. Okkei. Otsuka-dan. ※Kazusa Kaijo District Net Fishing Agency Various Affairs Agreements Certification Documents - March 1795 (Kansei 7) "In the offshore area, it is not necessary to pay a high fee to crew the boats."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 海、湖などの沖のほう。※少年の悲哀（1902）〈国木田独歩〉「舟は〈略〉間もなく広々とした沖合(オキアヒ)に出た」② 房総地方で、数隻の漁船を使って操業する大きな網漁業の漁労指揮者。おっけい。おつけどん。※上総海上郡網方諸事取極証文控‐寛政七年（1795）三月「一沖合、水主乗組之儀、無謂高金出し乗組為致申間敷候」

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