鯉 -koi
One of the things that everyone leaning Japanese knows almost before anything else is that "koi" means "love" and "carp" depending on the kanji
- 鯉 --こい-- common carp; koi carp
- 恋 --こい-- (n) love; tender passion
I bet there are tons of the jokes in misinterpreting and interchanging the meanings. Not that I have any particular examples. Anyway, these particular "koi" are from the München Zoo - a very nice place to spend a weekend ))))
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