Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ねこ
Grade: S
かぶ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Nominalisation of 猫を被る (neko o kaburu, feign innocence).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ねこ)(かぶ) (nekokaburi

  1. being a wolf in sheep's clothing, feigning ignorance or innocence, someone who feigns ignorance or innocence

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN