抹香鯨
See also: 抹香鲸
Chinese edit
powder incense | whale | ||
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trad. (抹香鯨) | 抹香 | 鯨 | |
simp. (抹香鲸) | 抹香 | 鲸 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
抹香鯨
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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抹 | 香 | 鯨 |
まつ > まっ Grade: S |
こう Grade: 4 |
くじら Grade: S |
goon | kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 抹香 (makkō, “incense”) + 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
抹香鯨 or 抹香鯨 • (makkōkujira) ←まつかうくぢら (matukaukudira) or マツカウクヂラ (matukaukudira)?
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 マッコウクジラ.
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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