Word Meaning 鯨骨

げいこつ geikotsu

鯨骨 is read as げいこつ (geikotsu) and means whale bone.

Meaning

English

  1. whale bone

Reading

Kana

げいこつ

Romaji

geikotsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 138565 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鯨骨生物群集

げいこつせいぶつぐんしゅう

whale-fall community

くじら

whale (Cetacea spp.)

鯨肉

げいにく

whale meat

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

骸骨

がいこつ

skeleton

露骨

ろこつ

broad

拳骨

げんこつ

(clenched) fist

遺骨

いこつ

remains (of war dead)

納骨

のうこつ

placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary)