のぼり

noun

nobori; long narrow banner

A traditional Japanese banner, long and narrow, attached to a vertical pole and a horizontal rod at the top. Used in festivals, shops, and historical contexts.

• 祭まつり会かい場じょうには色いろとりどりののぼりが立たち並ならんでいた。

  Colorful nobori banners were lined up at the festival site.

• 店みせの前まえに「新しん発はつ売ばい」と書かかれたのぼりを立たてた。

  We put up a nobori in front of the shop that said 'New Release'.

noun

carp streamer; Boys' Day nobori

Specifically the carp-shaped streamers (koinobori) flown for Children's Day (formerly Boys' Day). Often used in the phrase こいのぼり.

• 端たん午ごの節せっ句くには、庭にわにこいのぼりを飾かざります。

  For Children's Day, we display carp streamers in the garden.

• 大おおきなのぼりが風かぜに泳およいでいる。

  A large carp streamer is swimming in the wind.