Illustration: Off the Japanese coast, a small steam-powered whaling catcher approaches a surfacing whale. At the bow, a crew member operates a mounted harpoon gun aimed toward the whale, with its heavy line carefully arranged nearby.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

捕ほ鯨げい

hogei

whaling

Example sentences

  1. 国際的批判こくさいてきひはんに直面ちょくめんして捕鯨ほげいをやめた国くにがいくつかある。

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

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 他方たほう、沿岸えんがん捕鯨ほげいによる鯨肉供給くじらにくきょうきゅうは戦時中せんじちゅうも続つづいていた。

    On the other hand, whale meat from coastal whaling continued being supplied even during the war.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 現在げんざいでは商業しょうぎょう捕鯨ほげいが大おおきく制限せいげんされているため、生産量せいさんりょうが減少げんしょうしている。

    Nowadays, since commercial whaling is restricted considerably, the amount of whale meat produced has decreased.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 捕鯨

  • 捕catch; captureOnホKunとらえる・とらわれる・とる
  • 鯨whaleOnゲイKunくじら

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