Moto 鯨: WhaleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ゲイ
- Kun'yomi
- くじら
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 76 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ゲイ)
- 捕鯨ほげいwhaling; whale hunting
- 鯨肉げいにくwhale meat
- 反捕鯨はんほげいopposition to whaling; anti-whaling
- 国際捕鯨委員会こくさいほげいいいんかいInternational Whaling Commission; IWC
- 巨鯨きょげいhuge whale
- 捕鯨問題ほげいもんだいwhaling controversy; whaling issue
- 捕鯨砲ほげいほう(whaling) harpoon gun
- 捕鯨船ほげいせんwhaling ship
- 白鯨はくげいwhite whale
- 鯨ろうげいろうspermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 鯨くじらwhale (Cetacea spp.)
- くろみんく鯨くろみんくくじらAntarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis); southern minke whale
- タスマニア鯨タスマニアくじらShepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
- ハッブス扇歯鯨ハッブスおうぎはくじらHubb's beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlshubbi)
- バハモンド扇歯鯨バハモンドおうぎはくじらspade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii); Bahamonde's beaked whale
- ピグミー扇歯鯨ピグミーおうぎはくじらpygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus); Peruvian beaked whale
- ペリン扇歯鯨ペリンおうぎはくじらPerrin's beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini)
- ミンク鯨ミンクくじらminke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- ヨーロッパ扇歯鯨ヨーロッパおうぎはくじらSowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens); North Atlantic beaked whale
- 五島鯨ごとうくじらlarger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
- 仔鯨こくじらwhale calf
- 克鯨こくくじらgray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
- 児鯨こくじらgray whale
- 北極鯨ほっきょくくじらbowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); Greenland right whale
- 南扇歯鯨みなみおうぎはくじらGray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)
- 南槌鯨みなみつちくじらArnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii)
- 南背美鯨みなみせみくじらsouthern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
- 大西洋背美鯨たいせいようせみくじらNorth Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- 太平洋扇歯鯨たいへいようおうぎはくじらAndrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
- 子鯨こくじらwhale calf
- 小背美鯨こせみくじらpygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)
- 小鯨こくじらgray whale
- 小鰯鯨こいわしくじらminke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- 山鯨やまくじらwild boar meat; mountain whale
- 座頭鯨ざとうくじらhumpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- 扇歯鯨おうぎはくじらStejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)
- 抹香鯨まっこうくじらsperm whale
- 東アメリカ扇歯鯨ひがしアメリカおうぎはくじらGervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale
- 槌鯨つちくじらBaird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
- 歯鯨はくじらtoothed whale; odontocete
- 瘤歯鯨こぶはくじらBlainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris); dense-beaked whale
- 白長須鯨しろながすくじらblue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- 紐歯鯨ひもはくじらstrap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii); Layard's beaked whale
- 背乾鯨せびくじらNorth Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
- 背美鯨せみくじらNorth Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
- 赤坊鯨あかぼうくじらbeaked whale
- 長簀鯨ながすくじらfin whale; finback (whale)
- 長須鯨ながすくじらfin whale; finback (whale)
- 鬚鯨ひげくじらbaleen whale; whalebone whale
- 鯨偶蹄目くじらぐうていもくCetartiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates and whales
- 鯨取りくじらとりwhaling
- 鯨尺くじらじゃくlong foot (approx. 37.9cm)
- 鯨帯くじらおびobi with a different colour on each side
- 鯨幕くじらまくblack and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
Other readings
- 似鯨にたりくじらBryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei)
- 児童鯨こくくじらgray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
- 巨頭鯨ごんどうくじらlarger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)
- 新西蘭扇歯鯨ニュージーランドおうぎはくじらHector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori)
- 東亜米利加扇歯鯨ひがしアメリカおうぎはくじらGervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale
- 銀杏歯鯨いちょうはくじらginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
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