鰯鯨

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鰯 鯨
いわし
Jinmeiyō		 くじら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いわしく​じら [ìwáshíkúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [iɰᵝa̠ɕi̥kɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

鰯(いわし)鯨(くじら) or 鰯鯨(イワシクジラ) • (iwashikujira) ←いわしくぢら (iwasikudira) or イワシクヂラ (iwasikudira)?

  1. a sei whale

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イワシクジラ.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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