くじら
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Wal; Cetacea
2. Kujira・jaku (Längenmaß von etwa 38cm; Abk. für kujira・jaku鯨尺)
Kanji used
whale
Pitch accent
じら
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Used in vocabulary (31 in total)
Walfisch; (lat.)Cetus (ein Sternbild der Äquatorzone)
schwarz-weiß gestreifter Vorhang
Wildschweinfleisch; Wild (wörtl. Bergwal; Tabuwort für das nach buddh. Regeln verbotene Fleisch)
Pottwal; Physeter macrocephalus
Cetartiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates and whales
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
obi with a different colour on each side
Walrat; Spermazet; Spermazeti; Cetaceum
Walrat; Spermazet; Spermazeti; Cetaceum
Walrat; Spermazet; Spermazeti; Cetaceum
Buckelwal; Megaptera novaeangliae
Barte; Hornlamelle (der Bartenwale); Fischbein (als Material)
Finnwal; Balaenoptera physalus
minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Nordkaper (ein Grönlandwal); Eubalaena glacialis
Baird-Wal; Baird-Schnabelwal; Berardius bairdii
Grönlandwal; Balaena mysticetus
Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis); southern minke whale
Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni); Bryde's whale
Seiwal; Balaenoptera borealis
Examples (8 in total)
Have you ever seen a whale?
It was believed that whales were fish.
Most whales feed on plankton.