鯨
Whale JLPT N1
19 strokes · school grade 8 · frequency rank #1486
Meaning
Whale
Readings
On’yomiゲイ gei
Kun’yomiくじら kujira
Radical
Components
Example sentences
- 鯨は海に住む巨大な哺乳類である。The whale is a very large mammal which lives in the sea.
- 鯨は魚ではなくて哺乳類である。The whale is not a fish but a mammal.
- 鯨は魚であると信じられていた。It was believed that whales were fish.
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