捕鯨 (ほげい) — whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing | MojiMori

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捕ほ鯨げい whaling

2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun

hogei

ほげい

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Meanings

whaling
whale hunting
whale fishing

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 捕 (10)

逮(たい)捕(ほ) taiho arrest 捕(つか)まえる tsukamaeru to catch 捕(つか)まる tsukamaru to be caught 捕(と)らえる toraeru to catch 捕(ほ)獲(かく) hokaku capture 捕(と)る toru to catch 捕(ほ)虜(りょ) horyo prisoner of war 捕(とら)える toraeru to catch

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Words with 鯨 (1)

鯨(くじら) kujira whale