金魚掬い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
すく
Jinmeiyō
kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
金魚すくい

Etymology

From 金魚 (kingyo, goldfish) +‎ 掬い (sukui, scooping).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぎょすくい [kìńgyósúꜜkùì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞sɨkɯ̟i]

Noun

(きん)(ぎょ)(すく) • (kingyosukuiきんぎよすくひ (kingyosukufi)?

  1. a game of scooping goldfish with a paper scooper

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN