くじら
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. whale (Cetacea spp.)
Kanji used
whale
Pitch accent
じら
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Used in vocabulary (31 in total)
Cetus (constellation); the Whale
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
Examples (8 in total)
Have you ever seen a whale?
It was believed that whales were fish.
Most whales feed on plankton.
I've never seen a live whale.
I've never seen a whale that big.
It is believed that whales have their own language.
The whale has been found off the coast of Wakayama.
A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.