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捕鯨 (ほげい): whaling — Japanese vocabulary

捕鯨 is read ほげい and means "whaling". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

捕鯨

Reading
ほげい · hogei
Translation
whaling
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ほげいが

Example

国際的批判に直面して捕鯨をやめた国がいくつかある。

こくさいてきひはんにちょくめんしてほげいをやめたくにがいくつかある。

Some countries have stopped whaling in the face of international criticism.

Kanji in this word

  • 捕 — catch, capture
  • 鯨 — whale

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