猫糞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねこ
Grade: S
ばば
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
猫ばば
ネコババ

Etymology

Compound of (neko, cat) +‎ (baba, poopoo, poop), from the way that cats cover up their feces.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こばば [nèkóbábá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ko̞ba̠ba̠]

Noun

(ねこ)(ばば) or 猫糞(ネコババ) • (nekobaba

  1. covertly doing something malicious
  2. (especially) pocketing someone else's things

Verb

(ねこ)(ばば)する or 猫糞(ネコババ)する • (nekobaba surusuru (stem (ねこ)(ばば) (nekobaba shi), past (ねこ)(ばば)した (nekobaba shita))

  1. to covertly do something malicious
  2. (especially) to pocket someone else's things

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN