Word Meaning 鯨類

げいるい geirui

鯨類 is read as げいるい (geirui) and means cetaceans.

Meaning

English

  1. cetaceans

Reading

Kana

げいるい

Romaji

geirui

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 147657 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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日本鯨類研究所

にほんげいるいけんきゅうしょ

The Institute of Cetacean Research

くじら

whale (Cetacea spp.)

鯨肉

げいにく

whale meat

鯨骨生物群集

げいこつせいぶつぐんしゅう

whale-fall community

鯨取

いさなとり

whaling

鯨取り

くじらとり

whaling

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

藻類

そうるい

seaweed

豆類

まめるい

pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops)

糖類

とうるい

saccharide

菌類

きんるい

fungus