猫

Meaning

猫 centers on the domestic cat as an animal. The meaning is straightforward and specific to the feline creature.

• 猫ねこ
  N5

  cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline

• 子猫こねこ

  kitten

• 野良猫のらねこ

  stray cat; alley cat

• 猫背ねこぜ
  N1

  bent back; hunchback; stoop

• 招き猫まねきねこ

  beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)

• 山猫やまねこ

  wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)

• 猫娘ねこむすめ

  catgirl; character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat

• 猫又ねこまた

  nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai

• 猫じゃらしねこじゃらし

  green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass

• 猫舌ねこじた
  N1

  dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; cat tongue

• 海猫うみねこ

  black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)

• 猫かぶりねこかぶり

  feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; put-on; wolf in sheep's clothing

• 麝香猫じゃこうねこ

  civet cat

• 家猫いえねこ

  cat (Felis catus); domestic cat

• 対馬山猫つしまやまねこ

  Amur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus); Tsushima leopard cat

• 砂猫すなねこ

  sand cat (Felis margarita); sand dune cat

• 猫島ねこじま

  cat island; island with a large domestic cat population

• 黒猫くろねこ

  black cat

• 飼い猫かいねこ

  pet cat

• 猫に小判ねこにこばん
  N1

  casting pearls before swine; (giving) a gold coin to a cat

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