N2730/1725

金きん魚ぎょ

nounnoun (generic)

Reading

きんぎょ

Meanings

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

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Example sentences

子供こどもの頃ころ、縁日えんにちで金魚きんぎょをすくって家いえに持もって帰かえった。

When I was a child, I scooped goldfish at a festival and brought them home.

祖母そぼは縁側えんがわに金魚きんぎょ鉢ばちを置おいて、毎日まいにち眺ながめていた。

My grandmother placed a goldfish bowl on the veranda and watched it every day.

この池いけには色鮮いろあざやかな金魚きんぎょが何十匹なんじゅっぴきも泳およいでいる。

Dozens of vividly colored goldfish are swimming in this pond.

金魚きんぎょは見みた目めは華はなやかだが、意外いがいと繊細せんさいな生いき物ものだと聞きいた。

I heard that goldfish look gorgeous but are surprisingly delicate creatures.

水槽すいそうの金魚きんぎょが病気びょうきになってしまったため、専門せんもんの獣医じゅういに診みてもらうことにした。

Because the goldfish in the tank had fallen ill, I decided to have a specialist veterinarian examine it.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)