白長須鯨

Japanese
Kanji in this term
白 長 須 鯨
しろ
Grade: 1		 なが
Grade: 2		 す
Grade: S		 くじら
Grade: S
kun’yomi goon kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 長(なが)須(す)鯨(くじら) (nagasukujira, “fin whale”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しろながすく​じら [shìrónágásúkúꜜjìrà] (Nakadaka – [6])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞na̠ɡa̠sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝʑiɾa̠]

Noun

白(しろ)長(なが)須(す)鯨(くじら) • (shironagasukujira) ←しろながすくぢら (sironagasukudira)?

  1. a blue whale

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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