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jmdict 1475110 Active (id: 2294641)
白鯨白くじら [sK]
しろくじら
1. [n]
▶ white whale
2. [n]
▶ whiskers from a gray whale (used in crafts)



History:
3. A 2024-03-15 21:40:37  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
〈白/しろ/シロ〉〈鯨/くじら/クジラ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 白鯨    │ 31,128 │ 93.2% │
│ 白くじら  │    787 │  2.4% │ - add, sK
│ 白クジラ  │    705 │  2.1% │
│ しろ鯨   │     23 │  0.1% │
│ しろくじら │    425 │  1.3% │
│ シロクジラ │    327 │  1.0% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>白くじら</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
2. A* 2024-03-15 20:48:57  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, koj汗衫(かざみ)や
  Comments:
Yes.
According to the kokugos "white whale" is always しろくじら.
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>はくげい</reb>
+<reb>しろくじら</reb>
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>Moby Dick</gloss>
+<gloss>whiskers from a gray whale (used in crafts)</gloss>
1. A* 2024-03-15 19:58:21  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Move sense 02 to the name dictionary?

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