捕鯨船

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
げい
Grade: S
せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

捕鯨(ほげい) (hogei, whaling) + (せん) (-sen, ship)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げーせん [hògééséń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɡe̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

()(げい)(せん) • (hogeisen

  1. whaling ship

Synonyms

  • キャッチャーボート (kyatchā bōto)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN