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JAPANESE TERMS |
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Basic Terms Used For Koi |
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Inazuma |
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Lightning pattern |
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Home |
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Self-couloured |
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Aka |
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Red |
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Kabuto |
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Showa |
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Era from 1926 onwards |
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Cap or helmet reffering to fish with head coulour different from the body |
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Grey |
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Nezu |
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Nippon Hi |
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Single steps an unbroken hi pattern |
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Old varieties from 1868-1928 |
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Akame |
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Shusui |
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Eye with red Iris |
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Beni |
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Orange-red |
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Karasu |
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Black overall |
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One-colour metallic |
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Ogon |
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water (ripping effect) |
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Sui |
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Bekko |
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Tortoises-shell |
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Ki |
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Yellow |
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Orenji |
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Orange |
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Sumi |
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Black (in the form of a patch) |
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Very white mettalic (platinum) |
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Brown |
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KIn |
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Gold mettalic |
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Parrachina |
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Taisho |
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Era 1912-1926 |
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German type fish with scales along dorsal and lateral lines only |
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Kiwa |
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Edge of pattern |
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Rin |
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A bird with red crest |
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Tancho |
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Kohaku |
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Red and white fish |
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Sandan |
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Three step pattern |
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Kuchibeni |
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Tategoi |
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Red lipped |
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A koi with potential for further development, is not yet finished developing |
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Sanke, or Sanshoku |
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Three coloured fish normally red, black and white |
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Silver Metallic |
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Gin |
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Muliticouloured (peacock) |
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Kujaku |
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Goi |
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Matsuba |
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Pine cone pattern |
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Sashi |
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Blurred line cause by white scales over-lapping red ones on leading edge at hi |
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Utsuri |
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Green |
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Midori |
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V shaped pattern on the head |
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Hachiware |
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Black marking on base of pecs on a showa |
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Yamabuki |
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Motoguro |
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Japonica bush with pale yellow flowers |
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Hi |
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Red |
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