Kanji Details:
- 鯨
- Frequency:1486
- Kun: くじら
- On: ゲイ
- Meaning: whale
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 鯨 くじら whale 捕鯨 ほげい whaling, whale fishing 鯨肉 げいにく whale meat ミンク鯨 ミンクくじら, ミンククジラ minke whale, piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 鯨ろう げいろう, くじらろう spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales) 鯨飲 げいいん drinking hard, drinking like a fish 鯨油 げいゆ whale oil 白鯨 はくげい white whale; Moby Dick 捕鯨船 ほげいせん whaling ship 鯨飲馬食 げいいんばしょく drinking like a fish and eat like a horse, eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor