Word Meaning 鰯鯨

いわしくじら iwashikujira

鰯鯨 is read as いわしくじら (iwashikujira) and means sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis).

Meaning

English

sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

Reading

Kana

いわしくじら

Romaji

iwashikujira

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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小鰯鯨

こいわしくじら

minke whale

鰯

いわし

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus)

鯨

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)

山鯨

やまくじら

wild boar meat