Word Meaning 抹香鯨

まっこうくじら makkoukujira

抹香鯨 is read as まっこうくじら (makkoukujira) and means sperm whale.

Meaning

English

  1. sperm whale

Reading

Kana

まっこうくじら

Romaji

makkoukujira

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136348 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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まっこう

incense

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まっこうくさい

smelling of incense

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おがわこまっこう

dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)

小抹香

こまっこう

pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

抹消

まっしょう

erasure

抹茶

まっちゃ

matcha

抹殺

まっさつ

denial

抹消登録証明書

まっしょうとうろくしょうめいしょ

proof of vehicle having been registered as disposed of

くじら

whale (Cetacea spp.)

捕鯨

ほげい

whaling

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ごとうくじら

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

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たいせいようせみくじら

North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)