鯉のぼり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こい
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

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

  1. alternative spelling of 鯉幟 (carp streamer)

Proper noun

(こい)のぼり • (Koinobori

  1. name of a Taishō period 童謡 (dōyō, children's song):
    (いらか)(なみ)(くも)(なみ)(かさ)なる(なみ)中空(なかぞら)を、(たちばな)かおる朝風(あさかぜ)に、(たか)(およ)や、(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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