Talk:白鯨

RFV discussion: May 2022–February 2023
Japanese.

In Daijisen, the only meaning given for はくげい is as the translated title of .

—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 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  (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 's.
 * Checking the page's history, I see that the Japanese entry was by .  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)