金魚

きんぎょ

goldfish

掬い

すくい

scooping

金魚屋

きんぎょや

goldfish seller (vendor)

金魚鉢

きんぎょばち

goldfish bowl

金魚草

きんぎょそう

snapdragon

金魚藻

きんぎょも

Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

金魚蝨

ちょう

Japanese fish louse (Argulus japonicus)

掬い網

すくいあみ すくいもう

scoop net, insect net

スーパーボール掬い

スーパーボールすくい

SuperBall scooping, festival game in which one scoops up rubber bouncy balls floating in water

キャラクター掬い

キャラクターすくい

character scooping, festival game of scooping up plastic cartoon figurines floating in water

一掬い

ひとすくい

scoop (e.g. of icecream); scoopful

金魚すくい

きんぎょすくい

goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

一掬

いっきく

small amount

掬う

すくう

to scoop, to ladle out

金魚のフン

きんぎょのフン

person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; goldfish feces

金魚売り

きんぎょうり

goldfish peddling, goldfish peddler

金魚の糞

きんぎょのふん きんぎょのうんこ

person who tags along, hanger-on, person who follows someone around like a shadow, clingy person, goldfish feces

台湾金魚

たいわんきんぎょ タイワンキンギョ

paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

掬い出す

すくいだす

to bail (water out of a boat)