Chinese

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seat; base; stand
seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
 
head; (noun suffix) whale
trad. (座頭鯨)
simp. (座头鲸)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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座頭鯨

  1. humpback whale

Japanese

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 ザトウクジラ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
とう
Grade: 2
くじら
Grade: S
on'yomi kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(とう)(くじら) or 座頭鯨(ザトウクジラ) (zatōkujiraざとうくぢら (zatoukudira) or ザトウクヂラ (zatoukudira)?

  1. a humpback whale

Usage notes

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

References

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