金魚掬い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	魚	掬
きん Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2	すく Jinmeiyō
kan’on		kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
金魚すくい

金魚掬い (kingyosukui): a child scooping goldfishes

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きんぎょすくい [kìńgyósúꜜkùì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

金(きん)魚(ぎょ)掬(すく)い • (kingyosukui) ^{←きんぎよすくひ (kingyosukufi)^?}

a game of scooping goldfish with a paper scooper

See also

ポイ (poi)

References

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

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