Where does “金魚掬い” come from?

金魚掬い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 金魚 — a goldfish.

金魚掬い (Japanese): a game of scooping goldfish with a paper scooper

Definitions

  1. a game of scooping goldfish with a paper scooper

Ancestry of “金魚掬い”, step by step

金魚掬い traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 金魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金魚a goldfish

via Japanese 掬い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese掬いscooping
Every word from Japanese 金魚