{"id":62748,"date":"2018-08-10T16:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T07:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cotoacademy.com\/japanese-learning-blog-aiueo-ne-neko-japanese-idioms-related-cats\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:48:00","slug":"japanese-learning-blog-aiueo-ne-neko-japanese-idioms-related-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cotoacademy.com\/ja\/japanese-learning-blog-aiueo-ne-neko-japanese-idioms-related-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"NE &#8211; NEKO &#8211; Japanese idioms related to cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question might sound a little random, but do you like cats? In Japan, among other things, we have \u201cHello Kitty\u201d and \u201cDoraemon\u201d that are \u201ccute\u201d and \u201chelp put people\u2019s minds at ease\u201d, and cat cafes are also very popular here. 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She is acting totally differently from when she\u2019s around us<br \/>\n<i class=\"copy_only\"><\/i><\/p>\n<h3>\u201c\u501f\u308a\u3066\u6765\u305f\u732b (Literally: a borrowed cat)\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>This phrase is used to refer to situations in which someone hides their true personality and acts all quiet when they are at a unfamiliar place.<br \/>\nMother: That kid is always so quite &#8211; like \u201ca borrowed cat\u201d- whenever she comes to granny\u2019s.<br \/>\nFather: I wish she was like this, too, at home&#8230;<span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"><i class=\"copy_only\"><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\u732b\u306a\u3067\u58f0 (Literally: a cat\u2019s purring)<\/h3>\n<p>Originally, this phrase refers to, literally, the purring of a cat when a human gently strokes it. By extension, it is used to refer to situations in which a person purrs in order to get in someone else\u2019 good books.<br \/>\nDaughter: Hey~, da~d, come~on~.<br \/>\nFather: You aren\u2019t going to get what you want even with that \u201ccat\u2019s purring\u201d of yours. I told you that I won\u2019t be giving you more allowance than I already have.<br \/>\nDaughter: Hum! Fine! You cheapskate!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"><i class=\"copy_only\"><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span>\u732b\u3070\u3070\u3059\u308b (Literally: to make something a cat\u2019s own dung)<\/h3>\n<p>The \u201c\u3070\u3070 (Pronounced \u201cbaba\u201d)\u201d part of this phrase is written as \u201c\u732b\u7cde (Literally: cat dung)\u201d and literally means such. This came from the fact that cats hide their dung with sand when they are done with their business. This phrase is used to refer to situations when someone purposely pockets someone else\u2019 money that they have found.<br \/>\n\u201cThe clerk got fired for \u201cmaking a cat\u2019s own dung\u201d the 100,000 Yen that he\u2019s found.\u201d<span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"><i class=\"copy_only\"><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span>How do you like these phrases? People might not always be so happy being described as cats because, despite their cuteness, cats actually have this \u201ccunning\u201d, \u201cdeceptive\u201d side to them. Therefore, if you want to compliment someone, you should say \u201cyou are as cute as a cat\u201d just to be safe. Feel free to check out more commonly used phrases related to cats.<\/p>\n<h5>Kumi Tanaka<\/h5>\n<p>The author for this article is Kumi Tanaka-sensei. She is mainly responsible for the Business Japanese course, JLPT N1 classes, and Intensive courses. Tanaka-sensei is quite popular amongst our intermediate and advanced students! 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