koinobori

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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A carp-shaped streamer used to celebrate Children's Day in Japan.

"This was perfect— it rationalized the koinobori as quite befitting a peace-loving Japan."
"At this time, families with boys hang koinobori from flagpoles in their yard. Koinobori is a fish-shaped banner. Each male in the family is represented by a koinobori on the flagpole."
"Along with the raising of koinobori, children indulge in kashiwa-mochi sticky rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves."

Borrowed from Japanese 鯉幟 (koinobori).

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