| Word(Pronunciation) |
Meaning |
Daiya Ginrin
(dye' yah geen' reen
)
|
Diamond glitter. Daiya means "diamond." Ginrin
that shines so strongly when viewed from any angle that
it was named after diamonds. Also called Hiroshima Ginrin.
Kamidera Koi Farm in Hiroshima developed Daiya Ginrin
from Niigata Ginrin. Most Ginrin is now Daiya Ginrin. |
Danmoyo
(dahn' moy oh
)
|
Stepped pattern. Independent Hi plates that form steps
that are counted as "first step", "second
step", "third step", etc. The count starts
from the head and proceeds towards the tail. |
|
Date(dah' t eh
)
|
Pattern. Also called Katatsuki. Pattern
is only one component of Nishikigoi beauty. Conformation
and Quality are even more important. |
Doh(dough)
|
Trunk. |
| Doy Hi(dough' he
) |
Hi on the body. |
|
Doh Zumi
(dough' zoo me
)
|
Trunk Sumi. It often indicates large
Sumi that wraps down past the lateral line of Showa. |
Doitsu
(doyt' zoo
) |
German Koi that are not fully scaled,
usually with a row of scales along each lateral line
and a row on either side of the dorsal fin. |
Doitsu Yamato Nishiki or Heisei Nishiki
(doyt' zoo ya' ma toe knee' she key or hay say knee'
she key) |
A scaleless metallic Taisho Sanshoku
(Sanke). |
Doitsu Yotsushiro
(doyt' zoo yoh-t' sue she row
) |
Origin of Kumonryu; Yotsu means 4, Shiro
means white - Koi with four white parts: the nose, tail
and both pectoral fins. |
Doka Zumi
(dough' kah zoo' me
) |
Large Sumi. Also called Oh Zumi. |
Doroike
(dough' row ee keh
) |
Mud pond. Pond dug into the mud used
to grow Nishikigoi. The mud has abundant natural minerals
due to the snow melt that refills the ponds every spring.
Because of the large area of the pond, Nishikigoi can
exercise more. Hobbyists release Koi to a mud pond to
promote health and increase growth from spring to autumn.
Koi are rarely kept in mud ponds over the winter because
they cannot be fed under the ice, and the Koi will continue
to grow much faster in concrete tanks in the breeder's
greenhouses. |
