猫被り

Japanese

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

Etymology

Nominalisation of 猫を被る (neko o kaburu, “feign innocence”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ねこかぶり [nèkókáꜜbùrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞ka̠bɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

猫被り (hiragana ねこかぶり, rōmaji nekokaburi)

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

Derived terms

猫 (ねこ)っ被 (かぶ)り (nekokkaburi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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