Ai / Blue Aka / Red Akami / Red eye in iris Amime / Net pattern of an asagi or kage Aoji / Sumi deep, in utsuri line, that gives blue to white field Aragoke / Armored scales Ato sumi / Late sumi Beni / Red Beta gin / Whole scale gin Boke sumi / Blurred sumi like kage Bongiri / No pattern in tail region Bozu / Bare head Bu / Size Chobo sumi / Black we see early on head, skull Daiya / Diamond gin rin Dan / Kohaku step of color i.e. nidan, sandan etc. Danmoyo / Stepped pattern Doitsu / Koi with scales along the dorsal and lateral lines only Doroike / Mud pond Fukurin / skin around the scale giving a scaloped affect Funa Sumi / Underlying sumi Gin / Silver Gin me / White eye rim Gin-rin / Silver Shinny scales Goma sumi / Speckled sumi Gosai / Koi in its fifth year Gosanke / The group of koi that include Kohaku, Sanke and Showa Goshiki / Five colored koi Hachi / head Hachiware / Divided head, line that divides, also menware Hada / Skin Hageshiro / Black koi, white on pectorals and head Hajiro / Black koi, white pectorals and belly Hakamahaki / Heavy rear pattern, opposite of bongiri Hanatsuki / Red down to nose Hanzome / Only part of scale covered in hi Harabote / Fat stomach Hariwake / Like a patchwork Hashiri sumi / Stripes on showa fins instead of motoguro Hi / Red Hiban / Largest hi Hikarimono / Metallic varieties Hikarimoyo / Patterned metallic Hikarimuji / One color metallic Hitomoji sumi / Y formed on head of utsuri or showa Hoo-Aka / Hi on cheek Hoshi / Star development of red Ichimai sashi / Sashi where the blurring extends a single scale Ichimatsu / Checkerboard pattern Ikeage / Harvest Inazuma / Lightning pattern Ippin / One of a kind koi Ippon / One step pattern Ipponhi / All hi on trunk above lateral Iroage / Coloring and finishing of koi Jihada / Skin texture Jikasen / Koi bred by that breeder, himself Jitai / A reference to the white ground color or shiro skin or shiroji Joppa / High class Jyami zumi / Sesame or goma Kagamigoi / Doitsu with some scales Kage / Shadow Kage sumi / Shadowy sumi Kaku sumi / Square sumi like on Jinbei or Torazo Kamisori kiwa / Color edge on half scale, straight edge Kanoko / Dappled Kasane sumi / Sumi on red not as stable Kata moyo / Pattern to side Kata zumi / Shoulder sumi of sanke to one side / Keito / traits of a particular breeders koi Ki / Yellow Kikei / Deformed Kin / Gold Kindai / Modern As in Kindai showa Kin-rin / Gold scales Kirekomi / Shiro that cuts into red pattern from the bottom Kiwa / Back edge of pattern Kohaku / Red and white koi Koi / Carp Kokesuki / Orange scale in hi field Koke nami / Arrangement of doitsu scales around dorsal(rack) Kokkaku / Bone structure Kokugyo / Best in size Komoyo / Small pattern Kuchibeni / Lipstick Kuchi sumi / Sumi on mouth Kujaku / Peacock Kumonryu / Dragon Kuro goshiki / Dark ground Goshiki Kuroko / 1st culling Kuro me / Black rimmed eyes Kutsubera / Horseshoe pattern on head Kyori / Jumbo Mado / Window Madoaki / Window in hi plate Maki / Wrap of pattern below lateral line, as in showa and utsuri Makiagari / Wrap of black on pattern underneath Makisagari / Wrap of red on pattern underneath,?maki Mameshibori / Light ground goshiki Maruten / Separate hi on head Marazome / Scalloped edge kiwa Matsuba / Pine cone Matsukawabake / Black and white koi which changes colors, a scaled Mekazura / Rim of eye. Prefer no hi, blue on sanke, black showa Mena and kana / Female and male Menasa / Pattern back on head, not kutsubera Menkaburi / All red head (hood) Menware / Dividng line on head of utsuri lineage Mesu / Female Motoaka / Hi at base of pectorals Motoguro / Black at base of pectorals Moyo / Pattern Mudagoke / Waste scale outside main on doitsu Muji / Solid color Nabe sumi / Poor sumi Nagaremoyo / Streaming pattern Narumi asagi / Light asagi Niban hi / Secondary hi that comes up later Nidan / Two step pattern Nimai sashi / Two / Scale sashi Nishikigoi / Koi! Nisai /Koi in its second years Odome / White area after last color before tail Ogon / Metallic single colored koi Ojime / Distance between the last dan and the tail Omoyo / Large pattern Osu / Male Otomo / Companion for shipping or tank Oyabone / Lead ray of major fins, white prefered Oyagoi / Parents used for breeding Pongoi / Good grade koi Purachina / Platinum Sandan / Three step pattern Sanmai sashi / Three scale sashi Sansai / Koi in its third year Sashi / Leading edge of pattern Sashikomi or sashi sumi / Sumi sashi or sumi insertion Sashi sumi / Leading edge of sumi pattern Selgyo / Adult koi Shimi / Black speckles on hi Shiro / White Shiro muji / All white Koi refers to a Koi which has lost its color Shiroji / White ground Sokusen / Lateral line Soragoi / Blue-gray koi Sougyo / Mature koi Tsubo / Well placed Sumi/on white ground Sumi / Black Sumi ojime / Pattern stops in the tail tube Tabisi / Journey Taiko / Height of koi Takai / Expensive koi Tancho / All white koi with red circle (normally) on head Taragoi / Would be perfect apart from one thing! Tarai / Blue bowl Tasukigake / Diagonal cross of pattern across back Tate hi / Hi above lateral line parallel to dorsal Tategoi / A Koi which will get better as it grows, a keep koi Tateshita / A Koi which is not considered as Tategoi anymore Teaka / Red on pectoral Tedi / Gloss on doitsu koi Tegima / Sumi stripes in fins Tejima / Stripes on pectoral Teri / Gloss to skin Tesumi / Black in pectorals Tobi hi / Hi alone or one or two scale hi spot Tome Sumi / Last sumi before tail Tosai / In its first year Tsubo sumi / Ideal placement of sumi preferably on the white areas Tsuya / Gloss to skin Urushi sumi / Best sumi Wagoi / Scaled koi Wakagoi / Young Yogyo / Baby koi Yondan / Four step pattern Yonsai / Koi in its forth year Zappa / Low class
