錦

Meaning

錦 centers on richly woven, decorative fabric: brocade. The ideas of fine dress and honors extend naturally from the image of luxurious, ornate cloth used for special garments and awards.

• 錦にしき

  brocade

• 錦織にしきおり

  brocade

• 錦鯉にしきごい

  coloured carp; colored carp

• 錦蛇にしきへび

  python; rock snake

• 錦木にしきぎ

  winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus); burning bush; winged euonymus

• 錦絵にしきえ

  nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print

• 内裸でも外錦うちはだかでもそとにしき

  we must keep up appearances to go through the world

• 唐錦からにしき

  Chinese brocade

• 堆錦ついきん

  Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)

• 故郷に錦を飾るこきょうににしきをかざる

  to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

• 故郷へ錦を飾るこきょうへにしきをかざる

  to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

• 毛織錦けおりにしき

  woollen brocade

• 網目錦蛇あみめにしきへび

  reticulated python (Python reticulatus)

• 綴れ錦つづれにしき

  (hand-woven) brocade

• 綾錦あやにしき

  twill damask and brocade

• 胡錦鳥こきんちょう

  Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae); rainbow finch

• 蜀江の錦しょっこうのにしき

  type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan

• 蜀錦しょっきん

  type of brocade

• 錦の御旗にしきのみはた

  Imperial standard

• 錦を飾るにしきをかざる

  to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; to put on fine clothes

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