猫舌
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 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
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 猫 read as ねこ
- Japanese terms spelled with 舌 read as した
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese idioms