brocade, fine dress, honors
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 combines 金 (metal, gold) with 帛 (silk cloth), suggesting gold-threaded or richly decorated silk fabric.
Gold 金 threads woven into silk cloth 帛 create a luxurious brocade. Picture a shimmering fabric used for fine dresses and ceremonial honors.
For キン, imagine a king wearing a brocade robe: king -> キン, and the gold-threaded fabric suits royalty.
brocade
brocade
coloured carp; colored carp
python; rock snake
winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus); burning bush; winged euonymus
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
we must keep up appearances to go through the world
Chinese brocade
Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
woollen brocade
reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
(hand-woven) brocade
twill damask and brocade
Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae); rainbow finch
type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan
type of brocade
Imperial standard
to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; to put on fine clothes