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鯉

鯉 (carp)

  • JLPT N1
  • Beyond Jōyō
  • #2369 most frequent

Nature · Animal · Fish

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
リ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
こい

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

池いけに鯉こいがいます。

There are carp in the pond.

私わたしは網あみで鯉こいを捕った。

I caught a carp in a net.

本来は真鯉(黒い鯉)のみで、明治時代から真鯉(まごい)と緋鯉(ひごい)の対で揚げるようになった。

It was originally magoi (black carp) only, but since the Meiji period magoi and higoi (red carp) have been hoisted in pairs.

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