Word Meaning 鯨取り

くじらとり kujiratori

鯨取り is read as くじらとり (kujiratori) and means whaling.

Meaning

English

  1. whaling

Reading

Kana

くじらとり

Romaji

kujiratori

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 107240 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鯨肉

げいにく

whale meat

くじら

whale (Cetacea spp.)

鯨骨生物群集

げいこつせいぶつぐんしゅう

whale-fall community

鯨飲馬食

げいいんばしょく

drinking like a fish and eating like a horse

鯨脳油

げいのうゆ

spermaceti

相撲取り

すもうとり

wrestler

陣取り

じんとり

children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base

刈り取り

かりとり

harvesting

受け取り

うけとり

receiving

書き取り

かきとり

transcription (of spoken material)