狩人

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 狩人 (かりゅうど) is a noun for a person whose occupation or role is hunting.
• Basic usage: 狩人は鹿を見つけた makes one hunter the topic of an old tale, while 狩人たちは足跡を追う adds たち to denote several village hunters.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Singular headword and plural suffix
  • In 狩人たち, たち supplies plural number in context and is not part of the headword 狩人. The individual in the first example and the group in the second differ in number.