鯉 (こい, koi) Japanese meaning: carp | KotomoraA big carp is swimming in the pond.
Carp streamers are decorations for Children's Day.
Usage patterns
〈場所〉で鯉を飼うto keep/raise carp (at a place, e.g. a pond)
I keep carp in the pond in my garden.
鯉に餌をやるto feed the carp
The children are feeding the carp in the pond.
鯉が跳ねるfor a carp to jump/splash
There was a splash as a carp jumped near the surface.
Expressions
俎上の鯉someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board まな板の鯉someone doomed to their fate; fish on a chopping board まな板の上の鯉someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board (lit.)
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red carp; golden carp
scabbard mouth; sword sheath opening · carp-mouth sleeve shirt
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) · redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus) · Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
barred flagtail; five-bar flagtail
carp cooked in miso soup
koi herpes virus; KHV
