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    3. 捕鯨

    捕鯨

    捕ほ鯨げい

    whaling

    N1KMT6News #6+1NounFood & DiningAnimalsKanji Vocab29 strokes

    ほげい

    Noun

    1.
    whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing

    Stroke 0 / 29

    Speed1.0x

    捕ほ鯨げいは昔むかしから行おこなわれていました。

    Whaling has been practiced since ancient times.

    KMT5HistoryAnimals
    捕ほ鯨げい問もん題だいは国こく際さい的てきな議ぎ論ろんの的まとです。

    The whaling issue is a target of international debate.

    KMT6Politics & LawAnimals
    捕ほ鯨げいにより、特とく定ていのクジラ種しゅの個こ体たい数すうが減げん少しょうしました。

    Due to whaling, the population of certain whale species has decreased.

    KMT6AnimalsNature & Environment
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、捕ほ鯨げいが重じゅう要ような食しょく料りょう源げんでした。

    In old Japan, whaling was an important food source.

    KMT6Food & DiningHistoryCulture & Traditions
    科か学がく的てき見けん地ちから捕ほ鯨げいの是ぜ非ひが問とわれています。

    The pros and cons of whaling are being questioned from a scientific viewpoint.

    KMT7Science & MathAnimalsPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    捕
    と.らえる・と.らわれる・と.る・とら.える・とら.われる・つか.まえる…(2)
    catch・capture
    鯨
    くじら…(1)
    whale
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