vokabulär
| Romanji | Betydelse |
|---|---|
| medaka | medaka (japansk risfisk) |
| kairyou | improvement, reform |
| kiwami ryuu | polar dragon |
| kiwami | extreme, very, polar |
| ryuu | dragon |
| ryuusei | meteor, shooting star, falling star |
| komachi | belle; (town) beauty |
| aka | red; crimson; scarlet |
| ki | yellow |
| kou, beni, kurenai | red, deep red; crimson |
| cha | brown |
| shiro, haku | white |
| kuriimu | cream |
| ao | blue |
| burakku | black |
| kuro | black |
| ougon | gold |
| kohaku | amber |
| shuaka | vermillion |
| orenji | orange |
| pinku | pink |
| kouhaku, sarasa | red & white |
| kin | gold |
| midori | green |
| tekkamen | iron mask |
| miyuki | miyuki |
| bekkou | tortoiseshell |
| furu bodi | full body |
| toumeirin | transparent scales |
| katahoho | red cheeks on the side (special case of toumeirin: gills are red only on one side) |
| hoho nashi | transparent scales; non-transparent gills (special case of toumeirin: all other toumeirin characteristics apply except for the transparent gills) |
| hitoumeirin | non-transparent scales |
| arubino | albino |
| ruubi ai | ruby eye |
| sumooru ai | small eye |
| deme | protruding eyes |
| panda | panda (iris and the entire eye are black) |
| memae | forward facing eyes |
| biggu ai | big eye |
| rame | lame (cloth made from gold or silver thread) |
| tashoku | multi-colored lame |
| sanshoku | tricolor |
| nishoku | two-colored |
| nishiki | bicolor |
| chenji karaa | color changing |
| toukou | head light |
| youkou | side light |
| aojiro | pale |
| zenshin tainaikou | full body internal light |
| fukumakukou | peritoneal light (bright light in the peritoneum) |
| gara | pattern |
| buchi | dappled; speckled; spotted; black spots appear in various area of the body |
| burakku rimu | black rim |
| kyou hikari | “strong hikari”: light on the back is more pronounced than usual |
| gintai | silver belt: the body is wrapped in a 'belt of light' |
| daruma | body length is shortened to around 50% of normal |
| han daruma | half daruma, body shape is slightly longer than regular daruma |
| hikari daruma | combination of hikari and daruma forms |
| hirebi | brightly colored fins. |
| tainaikuro | internal black |
| tainaikou | internal light |
| taigaikou | external light (light outside of the body, extracorporeal light) |
| fukumaku ao | peritoneal blue (blue chromatophores in the peritoneum) |
| hirekou | fin ligh (bright light on the fins) |
| isshukou | circling light (fin light that circles the edge of all fins) |
| haichi hannou nashi | background independent color (usually, body color changes depending on the background. in this case, the body color does not change) |
| hige | beard (there is a small protrusion near the chin; this appears only in “demae” (protruding eyes) medaka |
| choutengan | upward facing eyes |
| mozaiku panda | mosaic panda (an albino with black areas in the eyes and on the body) |
| shiisuruu | see-through (no chromatophores, therefor the body is transparent even the organs are visible) |
| oorora | aurora |
| taikei | body shape |
| no | possessive particle |
| kettou | lineage; pedigree |
| keitou | strain, lineage, family line, system |
| seru fin | sail fin |
| hishio | diamond tail |
| maruko | no dorsal fin |
| meraa | long fin merah |
| suwaroo | long fin swallow |
| hirenaga | long fin hirenaga |
| rongu fin | long fin (dorsal and anal fin only) |
| hikari | literally “light, ray, beam”; refers to a body shape where the dorsal and anal fin have the same length |
| ujou | house name of a breeder. |
| matsui | breeder who bred a certain type of longfin |
| kei | type; style; pattern |
| hire | fin |
| era | gills |
| hoho | cheeks |
| henka | change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation |
| naga | long |
| buriido | breed |
