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    3. 鯨

    鯨

    鯨くじら

    whale

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    Kun'yomi

    くじら

    On'yomi

    ゲイ

    whale

    魚京

    魚
    田
    灬
    火
    亠
    口
    小

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    鯵鮎鰯鰻鯉魚鰍鰹鮎蹴鯛鰐鮖鰔鰊鱚鱧鮭鯵鰄鱒鰌鰻鯉魚鰍鰭鮒魯櫓鮓鮃鮑鮗鮨鮴鯀鯊鯏鯑鯣鯢鯤鯱鰉鰆鰈鰒鰛鰤鰡鰰鰲鱆鱠鯰鰓鰯鰹鯖鮫鮮鱈鮪鱗魴鮟鮠鮹鯆鯒鯔鯡鰺

    Concepts using this kanji

    捕鯨

    whaling

    鯨

    whale (Cetacea spp.)

    鯨肉

    whale meat

    五島鯨

    larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)

    日本捕鯨協会

    Japan Whaling Association

    山鯨

    wild boar meat

    子鯨

    whale calf

    小鯨

    gray whale

    北極鯨

    bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

    鯨取り

    whaling

    白鯨伝説

    The Legend of the Moby Dick (television series)

    捕鯨問題

    whaling controversy

    小背美鯨

    pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)

    反捕鯨

    opposition to whaling

    商業捕鯨

    commercial whaling

    国際捕鯨委員会

    International Whaling Commission

    日本小型捕鯨協会

    Japan Small-Type Whaling Association

    白鯨

    white whale

    日本鯨類研究所

    The Institute of Cetacean Research

    南背美鯨

    southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)

    鯨脳油

    spermaceti

    背美鯨

    North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)

    大西洋背美鯨

    North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

    座頭鯨

    humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    鯨座

    Cetus (constellation)

    鯨油

    whale oil

    白長須鯨

    blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

    巨頭鯨

    larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)

    捕鯨船

    whaling ship

    鯨帯

    obi with a different colour on each side

    鯨波

    raging waves

    巨鯨

    huge whale

    長須鯨

    fin whale

    鯨飲馬食

    drinking like a fish and eating like a horse

    鯨骨生物群集

    whale-fall community

    鯨幕

    black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)

    鯨類

    cetaceans

    捕鯨砲

    (whaling) harpoon gun

    鯨骨

    whale bone

    小鰯鯨

    minke whale

    克鯨

    gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

    東アメリカ扇歯鯨

    Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)

    鯨飲

    drinking hard

    背乾鯨

    North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)

    赤坊鯨

    beaked whale (esp. Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris)

    太平洋扇歯鯨

    Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)

    鯨漁

    whaling

    鯨蝋

    spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)

    歯鯨

    toothed whale

    南扇歯鯨

    Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)

    タスマニア鯨

    Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)

    くろみんく鯨

    Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

    ニタリ鯨

    Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei)

    ミンク鯨

    minke whale

    抹香鯨

    sperm whale

    南槌鯨

    Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii)

    紐歯鯨

    strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii)

    鯨脂

    blubber

    銀杏歯鯨

    ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)

    鯨汁

    whale soup

    鯨偶蹄目

    Cetartiodactyla

    酔鯨

    Suigei

    新西蘭扇歯鯨

    Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori)

    鯨尺

    long foot (approx. 37.9cm)

    ピグミー扇歯鯨

    pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus)

    ハッブス扇歯鯨

    Hubb's beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlshubbi)

    バハモンド扇歯鯨

    spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii)

    ヨーロッパ扇歯鯨

    Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)

    ペリン扇歯鯨

    Perrin's beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini)

    扇歯鯨

    Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)

    鰯鯨

    sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

    鰹鯨

    Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni)

    瘤歯鯨

    Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)

    槌鯨

    Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)

    鯨銛

    (whaling) harpoon

    鯨鬚

    whalebone

    鬚鯨

    baleen whale

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    • 鯨
    • 鯨飲
    • 鯨肉
    • 鯨油
    • 白鯨
    • 捕鯨
    • 捕鯨船
    • 鯨飲馬食
    • 鯨波
    • 鯨尺
    • 鯨座
    • 抹香鯨
    • 白長須鯨
    • 鯨幕
    • 鯨脂
    • 捕鯨砲
    • 背美鯨
    • 山鯨
    • 長須鯨
    • 座頭鯨
    • 巨鯨
    • 鯨骨
    • ミンク鯨
    • 国際捕鯨委員会
    • 鰯鯨
    • 克鯨
    • 子鯨
    • 巨頭鯨
    • 鯨鬚
    • 鬚鯨
    • 赤坊鯨
    • 扇歯鯨
    • 小鰯鯨
    • 五島鯨
    • 槌鯨
    • 南槌鯨
    • 歯鯨
    • 鯨類
    • 鯨蝋
    • 鯨汁
    • 背乾鯨
    • 北極鯨
    • 大西洋背美鯨
    • 南背美鯨
    • 鯨帯
    • 捕鯨問題
    • 鯨偶蹄目
    • 反捕鯨
    • 東アメリカ扇歯鯨
    • 太平洋扇歯鯨
    • ハッブス扇歯鯨
    • バハモンド扇歯鯨
    • タスマニア鯨
    • 新西蘭扇歯鯨
    • 銀杏歯鯨
    • 瘤歯鯨
    • ヨーロッパ扇歯鯨
    • 南扇歯鯨
    • ペリン扇歯鯨
    • 紐歯鯨
    • ピグミー扇歯鯨
    • くろみんく鯨
    • ニタリ鯨
    • 小背美鯨
    • 小鯨
    • 鰹鯨
    • 鯨取り
    • 鯨漁
    • 鯨骨生物群集
    • 鯨脳油
    • 鯨銛
    • 商業捕鯨
    • 日本鯨類研究所
    • 日本小型捕鯨協会
    • 日本捕鯨協会
    • 酔鯨
    • 白鯨伝説

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