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): [iβ̞a̠ɕi̥kɯ̟ʑiɾa̠]

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)^?}

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 (iwashikujira).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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