鯉のぼり

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鯉
こい
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

鯉(こい)のぼり • (koinobori) ←こひのぼり (kofinobori)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 鯉幟 (“carp streamer”).

Proper noun

鯉(こい)のぼり • (Koinobori) 

  1. name of a Taishō period 童謡 (dōyō, “children's song”):
    甍(いらか)の波(なみ)と雲(くも)の波(なみ)、重(かさ)なる波(なみ)の中空(なかぞら)を、橘(たちばな)かおる朝風(あさかぜ)に、高(たか)く泳(およ)ぐや、鯉(こい)のぼり。
    Iraka no nami to kumo no nami, kasanaru nami no nakazora o, tachibana kaoru asa-kaze ni, takaku oyogu ya, koinobori.
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