鯉こい

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈場ば所しょ〉で鯉こいを飼かうto keep/raise carp (at a place, e.g. a pond)

  庭にわの池いけで鯉こいを飼かっている。

  I keep carp in the pond in my garden.

• 鯉こいに餌えさをやるto feed the carp

  子こ供どもたちが池いけの鯉こいに餌えさをやっている。

  The children are feeding the carp in the pond.

• 鯉こいが跳はねるfor a carp to jump/splash

  水すい面めんで鯉こいが跳はねる音おとがした。

  There was a splash as a carp jumped near the surface.

Expressions

• 俎そ上じょうの鯉こいsomeone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board
• まな板いたの鯉こいsomeone doomed to their fate; fish on a chopping board
• まな板いたの上うえの鯉こいsomeone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board (lit.)