小鯨

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くじら
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
児鯨

Etymology[edit]

From (ko, small) +‎ (kujira, whale).

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(くじら) or 小鯨(コクジラ) (kokujiraこくぢら (kokudira) or コクヂラ (kokudira)?

  1. Synonym of 克鯨 (kokukujira, gray whale)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN