黒猫

See also: 黑貓 and 黑猫

Japanese
Kanji in this term
黒 猫
くろ
Grade: 2		 ねこ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
黑猫 (kyūjitai)
黒猫 (kuroneko, “black cat”)

Etymology

From 黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 猫 (neko, “cat”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くろねこ [kùrónékó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ne̞ko̞]

Noun

黒(くろ)猫(ねこ) • (kuroneko) 

  1. a black cat
    • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
      彼(かれ)は純(じゅん)粋(すい)の黒(くろ)猫(ねこ)である。
      Kare wa junsui no kuroneko de aru.
      He is an unmixed black cat.

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Etymology
Kanji in this term
黒 猫
くるー > くる
Grade: 2		 まやー
Grade: S
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
黑猫 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 黒 (kuru, “black”) +‎ 猫 (mayā, “cat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuɾumajaː/

Noun

黒猫 (hiragana くるまやー, rōmaji kurumayā)

  1. a black cat

References
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