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国際捕鯨委員会 (こくさいほげいいいんかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

国こく際さい捕ほ鯨げい委い員いん会かい

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Meanings

1

International Whaling Commission; IWC

Official name of the international body that regulates whaling.

国こく際さい捕ほ鯨げい委い員いん会かいは、商しょう業ぎょう捕ほ鯨げいの一いち時じ停

てい

止し

を

決けつ

議ぎ

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た

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The International Whaling Commission resolved to impose a moratorium on commercial whaling.

Kanji

国country
際occasion, side, edge
捕catch, capture
鯨whale
委committee, entrust to, leave to
員employee, member, number
会meeting, meet, party

Etymology

Compound of 国際 (international), 捕鯨 (whaling), and 委員会 (commission).