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) or 白長須鯨(シロナガスクジラ) • (shironagasukujira) ←しろながすくぢら (sironagasukudira) or シロナガスクヂラ (sironagasukudira)?

  1. a blue whale

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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