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ハワイモンクアザラシ (ハワイモンクあざらし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ハワイモンクアザラシ

Meanings

1

noun

Hawaiian monk seal

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the species Monachus schauinslandi, an endangered seal native to the Hawaiian Islands.

ハワイモンクアザラシは絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ種しゅに指し定ていされている。
The Hawaiian monk seal is designated as an endangered species.

Written forms

ハワイモンクアザラシ
kana-only spelling
Common katakana spelling; usually written in kana.
ハワイモンク海豹あざらし
Kanji spelling using 海豹 for 'seal'; rarely used in practice, as the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

海sea, ocean
豹leopard, panther

Etymology

From English 'Hawaiian monk seal', borrowed directly into Japanese as ハワイモンクアザラシ.