Japanese
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Shift from kinkin?”)
Pronunciation
Noun
きんき or キンキ • (kinki)
- (regional) Synonym of 喜知次 (kichiji): the broadbanded thornyhead, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
Usage notes
This name for the fish is especially widely used in Hokkaido.
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of きんき – see the following entries.
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【金器】
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- [noun] something made of gold
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(This term, きんき (kinki), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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