鰯鯨

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
いわし
Jinmeiyō
くじら
Grade: S
kun’yomi
 イワシクジラ on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(いわし)(くじら) or 鰯鯨(イワシクジラ) (iwashikujiraいわしくぢら (iwasikudira) or イワシクヂラ (iwasikudira)?

  1. a sei whale

Usage notes[edit]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イワシクジラ.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN