Talk:白鯨
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===Noun===
{{ja-noun|白鯨|はくげい}}
# [[beluga whale]]; [[white whale]] {{gl|''[[Delphinapterus leucas]]''}}
In Daijisen, the only meaning given for はくげい is as the translated title of Moby Dick.
@TinyCourses —Fish bowl (talk) 19:53, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- Most dictionaries list this as the translation of Melville's novel, but not all leave it at that. Luminous Ei-Wa gives 白鯨 (shirokujira) as simply "white whale". A version of Digital Daijisen archived in Japan Knowledge has しろくじら (not はくげい) as (1) white-colored whale, (2) baleen from a grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus), and (3) synonym of シロイルカ (Delphinapterus leucas). That said, I haven't found any use of the word referring to something other than Moby Dick. Cnilep (talk) 04:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- My findings agree with @Cnilep's.
- Checking the page's history, I see that the Japanese entry was added on 2022-04-21 by TinyCourses (talk • contribs). TinyCourses, can you provide any detail on where you got the "beluga whale" sense? ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 19:12, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
RFV failed Cnilep (talk) 00:51, 21 February 2023 (UTC)