"鯨鯢" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɡe̞ːɡe̞ː], [ke̞ːɡe̞ː] Forms: 鯨鯢 [canonical] (ruby: 鯨(げい), 鯢(げい)), geigei [romanization], けいげい [alternative, hiragana], keigei [Rōmaji]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=げいげい}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|げいげい}} 鯨(げい)鯢(げい) • (geigei)
  1. male and female whales
    Sense id: en-鯨鯢-ja-noun-9kauNJaJ Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 27 16 26
  2. whales in general
    Sense id: en-鯨鯢-ja-noun-EJW-VXEC Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 27 16 26
  3. a fierce fish
    Sense id: en-鯨鯢-ja-noun-ow-XkczO Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 27 16 26
  4. (figurative) a major villain, a leader of criminals (compare English shark) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-鯨鯢-ja-noun-gpWpydVM Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 14 4 11 11 10 5 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 11 3 8 9 8 4 49 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 11 8 69 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 11 9 68 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 13 9 63 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 27 16 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 32 12 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 13 9 63 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 17 15 10 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 鯨鯢の顎にかく: → to meet with a major misfortune (geigei no agito ni kaku) (english: to be caught by the jaws of a whale), dangerous situation, particularly at sea 
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Download raw JSONL data for 鯨鯢 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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