キャッツアイ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cat's eye.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) キャッツア​イ [kyàttsú áꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [kʲa̠t̚t͡sɨᵝ a̠i]

Noun

キャッツアイ • (kyattsu ai) 

1. (mineralogy) cat's eye; cymophane
   • 2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ゴールデン・アイの巻(まき)【前(ぜん)編(ぺん)】”, in まじっく[快](かい)[斗](と), volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:

     金(きん)褐(かっ)色(しょく)の中(なか)に一(ひと)筋(すじ)の白(しろ)い光(ひかり)…まさに黄(おう)金(ごん)の猫目石(キャッツアイ)‼

     Kinkasshoku no naka ni hitosuji no shiroi hikari… Masa ni ōgon no kyattsu ai‼

     Having white lights inside that amber look… This golden cat's eye is one of a kind!!

Synonyms

• 猫(ねこ)目(め)石(いし) (nekomeishi)
• 猫(びょう)睛(せい)石(せき) (byōseiseki)