猫被り
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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猫 | 被 |
ねこ Grade: S |
かぶ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editNominalisation of 猫を被る (neko o kaburu, “feign innocence”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit猫被り • (nekokaburi)
- being a wolf in sheep's clothing, feigning ignorance or innocence, someone who feigns ignorance or innocence
Derived terms
edit- 猫っ被り (nekokkaburi)
References
edit- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN