ashika アシカ

Translation

ashika means "Sea Lion" in English.

ashika is normally written with katakana, as アシカ.
ashika written with hiragana is あしか.

ashika written with kanji is 海驢.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.

ashika may also be written as 海馬 or 葦鹿.

ashika is a jukujikun 熟字訓 reading for 海驢 in this word. That is: those kanji are only read that way when they come together like that.

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