Japanese

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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

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Noun

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(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

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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 イワシクジラ.

References

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