猫っ被り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猫 被
ねこ
Grade: S 		かぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Alteration of 猫被り (nekokaburi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ねこっかぶり [nèkókkáꜜbùrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ko̞k̚ka̠bɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

猫(ねこ)っ被(かぶ)り • (nekokkaburi) 

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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