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アザラシ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word アザラシ.
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earless seal (Phocidae); true seal; seal
Examples
こうした熊独特の特徴が、熊が動かずに狩猟すること（アザラシの呼吸孔の脇でじっと動かず、アザラシが海面に上がってくるのを待つ）を好む説明になっている。
These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).
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