Keyword
whale
Info
FrequencyTop 2300-2400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig337
Readings
げい
(46%)
Composed of
fish
capital
Used in vocabulary (79 in total)
whale (Cetacea spp.)
white whale; Moby Dick
whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing
raging waves; battle cry; war cry
battle cry; war cry
whale oil
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
drinking hard; drinking like a fish
Cetus (constellation); the Whale
(whaling) harpoon gun
opposition to whaling; anti-whaling
drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor
International Whaling Commission; IWC
wild boar meat; (lit.) mountain whale
whaling controversy; whaling issue
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
long foot (approx. 37.9cm)
toothed whale; odontocete
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
whalebone; baleen
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
baleen whale; whalebone whale; mysticete
minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)
Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)
gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)
spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)
spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)
North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
obi with a different colour on each side
Cetartiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates and whales
whale-fall community; whale-fall fauna
sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)
minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii)
bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); Greenland right whale
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori)
ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris); dense-beaked whale
Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens); North Atlantic beaked whale; North Sea beaked whale
Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)
Perrin's beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini)
strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii); Layard's beaked whale
pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus); Peruvian beaked whale; lesser beaked whale
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale
Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)
Hubb's beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlshubbi)
spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii); Bahamonde's beaked whale
Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis); southern minke whale
Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei)
Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni); Bryde's whale
Examples (18 in total)
I've never seen a whale that big.
I've never seen a live whale.
It is believed that whales have their own language.