鯉 – Kanji details

carp

fish

home village

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard

opening of a scabbard; mouth of a sword sheath; style of shirt with carp-mouth shaped sleeves

この池いけには主ぬしと呼よばれる大おおきな鯉こいがいる。

In this pond there is a huge carp that people call the pond's guardian.

私わたしは網あみで鯉こいを捕とった。

I caught a carp in a net.

鯉こいは、私わたしが一いち番ばん好すきな魚さかなだよ。

Carp is my favorite fish.

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