PROVERBS

Karite kita neko no yoo ni otonashii

Naku neko wa nezumi o toranai

Neko baba

Neko jita

Neko kawaigari

Nekonadegoe o dasu

Neko ni koban

Neko no hitai no yoo na

Neko no me no yoo ni kawaru

Neko no rusu ni wa nezumi ga abareru

Neko no te mo karitai hodo isogashii

Neko no yoo na shinchoo sade

Neko o kaburu

Sore wa choodo neko ni katsubuji da

Sore wa neko ni matatabi da

• Romaji: Karite kita neko no yoo ni otonashii
• Literally: As quiet as a borrowed cat
• Meaning: Meek as a lamb (gentle as a kitten)
• Notes: hmm, Nekochan mo otonashii ka na
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• Romaji: Naku neko wa nezumi o toranai
• Literally: Crying cat won't catch mouse
• Meaning: A mewing cat is never a good mouser
• Notes: Nekochan wa sushi no hoo ga suki
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• Romaji: Neko baba
• Literally: Cat's droppings
• Meaning: Embezzle, misappropriate, take another's things
• Notes: the only experience Nekochan has had with "neko baba" is pretending to be a "thief using furoshiki" on TAIKAN WONDERFUL NIPPON (to explain the uses of furoshiki), or cleaning out the litter box!!!! (^_-)
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• Romaji: Neko jita
• Literally: Cat's tongue
• Meaning: sensitive tongue, sensitive to hot food
• Notes: mina Nekochan wa "neko jita da" to iwareteru! "neko jita", "neko kokoro", "neko soul" da!....ufufufufufu (^_^)
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• Romaji: Nekokawaigari
• Literally: Dote on cat
• Meaning: be senselessly fond of, a silly or blind affection
• Notes: mina wa Nekochan ni kawaigaru....(^^;);
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• Romaji: Nekonadegoe
• Literally: Cat's soft, coaxing voice
• Meaning: gentle voice to flatter, speak in a soft, coaxing voice, wheedle
• Notes: Nekochan no nekonadegoe ga business negotiation niwa ii kamo...totemo persuasive kamo ne...(^_6)
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• Romaji: Neko ni koban
• Literally: Coin to a cat (koban was Japanese coin)
• Meaning: Pearls to swine, caviare to the masses (e.g. don't give things to people incapble of appreciating them)
• Notes: Nekochan wa chigau! koban to shinjuu o DAI-appreciate dakara itsudemo chooodaii!! (caviare wakaran da ne...orange stuff nareba ii kedo)
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• Romaji: Neko no hitai no yoo na
• Literally: Like a cat's forehead
• Meaning: tiny or small, like "neko no hitai no yoo na heya" (small room)
• Notes: Nekochan wa kore de atarashii kotowaza kangaedashita--"Neko no hitai no yoo ni chisana yorokobi wa sore zore"....golf, food, Web, chat,...(?_?)
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• Romaji: Neko no me no yoo ni kawaru
• Literally: Changes like a cat's eye
• Meaning: As fickle as a weathercock (cat's eye)
• Notes: Kore wa doo deshoo--"Atlanta no tenki wa neko no me no yoo ni kawaru"? Soretomo, kochi no hoo ga omoshiroi kashira--"Venusians no ki ga neko no me no yoo ni kawaru".
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• Romaji: Neko no rusu niwa nezumi ga abareru
• Literally: When the cat's away, the mice will play
• Meaning: When the cat's away, the mice will play
• Notes: hmm, Nekochan no nezumi wa doko??
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• Romaji: Neko no te mo karitai hodo isogashii
• Literally: Busy enough to want to enlist a cat's help
• Meaning: Be very busy and short-handed
• Notes: Kono Web site no shuppan ga neko no temo karitai hodo isogashii.
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• Romaji: Neko no yoo na shinchoo sade
• Literally: with feline care
• Meaning: with feline care/ caution
• Notes: Nekochan wa nandemo neko no yoo na shinchoo sade.
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• Romaji: Neko o kaburu
• Literally: Put on a cat
• Meaning: Like a wolf in sheep's clothing--hypocrisy, false modesty, feigned innocence
• Notes: hmm, dareka ii rei o Nekochan ni okutte!
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• Romaji: Sore wa choodo neko ni katsubushi da.
• Literally: dried tuna to a cat
• Meaning: Like putting a wolf in the sheepfold/ fox in the henhouse, trusting a cat with milk
• Notes: Sore wa choodo nekochan ni sportscar da....(^_-)
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• Romaji: Sore wa neko ni matatabi da
• Literally: catnip to a cat
• Meaning: Like giving catnip to a cat, sure effect
• Notes: Nekochan no matatabi wa nan deshoo? saaa...Nekochan's Journal no naka hint ga aru kamo...Nekochan no DAI-fan, ganbatte bunseki...benseki...bunseki!! (^_^)
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