"goi" what does it mean

[mrbradleybradley]

Thanks

Bradley Bradley

[monscine]

IMHO, "goi" refers to "koi" or carp fish. But it's used as japanese grammar to be put after an adjective words, i.e. benigoi . Maybe Aquitore could explain it much better than me...

Cheers,

[Valarc]

well, goi versus koi is a little ambiguous, as both are western language spellings - perhaps those who are fluent in Japanese here can elaborate. But the difficulty of trying to translate without context is - the same character can have multiple meanings in Japanese. For example, if you enter "koi" in an online English to Japanese dictionary, you'll get something like this

Quote: Results for 'koi' Japanese English koi carp koi request koi love, tender passion koi ancient ways, the feelings of the ancients koi intention, purpose, bad faith koi thick, dense, strong

I think "carp" is the meaning most of us think of when we say it

Edit: This is why I always GROAN when I see a westerner with a tattoo incorporating asian characters. A lot of times those characters don't really mean what the sign on the tattoo parlor wall says they mean - or they could be interpreted several different ways.

[mrbradleybradley]

Hi

Certainly interested in the context translation.

BB

[Brian]

"Goi" is what the word "koi" becomes when compounded with another word. In Japanese, there are patterns used to make the pronunciation of compounded words sound softer.

K becomes G
S becomes Z
T becomes D
etc, etc.

If you're really interested, I can show some word examples to make this clearer.

[mrbradleybradley]

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