The story
- Japanese · borrowed fromニゴロブナ
- English todaynigorobuna
Borrowed from Japanese ニゴロブナ (nigorobuna) (also written 煮頃鮒, 似五郎鮒, にごろぶな).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A freshwater ray-finned fish (Carassius auratus grandoculis), a wild subspecies of goldfish endemic to Japan, its habitat limited to Lake Biwa and environs. Full definition →
Borrowed from Japanese ニゴロブナ (nigorobuna) (also written 煮頃鮒, 似五郎鮒, にごろぶな).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.