猫舌
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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猫 | 舌 |
ねこ Grade: S |
した > じた Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 舌 (shita, “tongue”).[1][2] The shita changes to jita as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) ねこじた [nèkójítá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- (Tokyo) ねこじた [nèkóꜜjìtà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
- IPA(key): [ne̞ko̞ʑita̠]
Noun edit
- (idiomatic) being incapable of drinking or eating anything hot (high temperature) due to having an overly sensitive tongue