キンキ

See also: きんき

Japanese

キンキ (kinki)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) キンキ [kíꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲkʲi]

Noun

キンキ or きんき • (kinki)

(regional) Synonym of 喜知次 (kichiji): the broadbanded thornyhead, Sebastolobus macrochir

Usage notes

This name for the fish is especially widely used in Hokkaido.

References

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

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