キャッツアイ

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cat's eye.

Pronunciation

Noun

キャッツアイ (kyattsu ai

  1. (mineralogy) cat's eye; cymophane
    • 2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ゴールデン・アイの(まき)(ぜん)(ぺん) [Golden Eye ]”, in まじっく[快](かい)[斗](と) [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:
      (きん)(かっ)(しょく)(なか)(ひと)(すじ)(しろ)(ひかり)…まさに(おう)(ごん)猫目石(キャッツアイ)
      Kinkasshoku no naka ni hitosuji no shiroi hikari… Masa ni ōgon no kyattsu ai
      Having white lights inside that amber look… This golden cat's eye is one of a kind!!

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