鰭
鰭

fin

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キギ

Kun

ひれ

Dictionary

Common Words

ひれ鰭はたNounUsually kanaFreq #39786
1

fin (e.g. of a fish)

尾ひれ尾鰭尾ヒレおひれNounFreq #47079
1

tail and fins

2

embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

Examples
「学園の廊下で、濃厚なキスシーン・・・聞いたぞ聞いたぞ」「濃厚じゃなーい！話に尾ひれ付いてるって・・・」
"A passionate kiss scene in a school corridor ... I've heard all about it!" "It wasn't passionate! That's an exaggeration..."
背鰭背びれせびれNounFreq #47622
1

dorsal fin

尾ひれがつく尾鰭が付く尾ひれが付くおひれがつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #48530
1

Idiomatic expression

to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished

尾鰭尾びれおびれNounFreq #57969
1

Sometimes おひれ

caudal fin; tail fin

尾ひれをつける尾鰭を付ける尾ひれを付けるおひれをつけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #89111
1

Idiomatic expression

to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)

鰭条きじょうNounFreq #106903
1

fin ray

胸鰭胸びれむなびれNounFreq #112240
1

pectoral fin

ふかひれ鱶鰭フカヒレNounUsually kanaFreq #149900
1

Food, cooking

shark fin

こはだ小鰭コハダ小肌NounUsually kanaFreq #168516
1

mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)

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