Word Meaning 似鯨

にたりくじら nitarikujira

似鯨 is read as にたりくじら (nitarikujira) and means Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei).

Meaning

English

  1. Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei)

Reading

Kana

にたりくじら

Romaji

nitarikujira

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 138159 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

似た者同士

にたものどうし

two people alike

似姿

にすがた

effigy

似非理屈

えせりくつ

sophistry

くじら

whale (Cetacea spp.)

捕鯨

ほげい

whaling

五島鯨

ごとうくじら

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

大西洋背美鯨

たいせいようせみくじら

North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

小背美鯨

こせみくじら

pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)

北極鯨

ほっきょくくじら

bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

南背美鯨

みなみせみくじら

southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)

反捕鯨

はんほげい

opposition to whaling

白長須鯨

しろながすくじら

blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)