Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ねこ
Grade: S
ばば
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
猫ばば
ネコババ

Etymology edit

Compound of (neko, cat) +‎ (baba, poopoo, poop), from the way that cats cover up their feces.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ねこ)(ばば) or 猫糞(ネコババ) (nekobaba

  1. covertly doing something malicious
  2. (especially) pocketing someone else's things

Verb edit

(ねこ)(ばば)する or 猫糞(ネコババ)する (nekobaba surusuru (stem (ねこ)(ばば) (nekobaba shi), past (ねこ)(ばば)した (nekobaba shita))

  1. to covertly do something malicious
  2. (especially) to pocket someone else's things

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN