猫糞

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

猫(ねこ)糞(ばば) or 猫糞(ネコババ) • (nekobaba) 

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

Verb

猫(ねこ)糞(ばば)する or 猫糞(ネコババ)する • (nekobaba suru) suru (stem 猫(ねこ)糞(ばば)し (nekobaba shi), past 猫(ねこ)糞(ばば)した (nekobaba shita))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "猫糞する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 猫糞し ねこばばし nekobaba shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 猫糞し ねこばばし nekobaba shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 猫糞する ねこばばする nekobaba suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 猫糞する ねこばばする nekobaba suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 猫糞すれ ねこばばすれ nekobaba sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 猫糞せよ¹
猫糞しろ² 		ねこばばせよ¹
ねこばばしろ² 		nekobaba seyo¹
nekobaba shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 猫糞される ねこばばされる nekobaba sareru
Causative 猫糞させる
猫糞さす 		ねこばばさせる
ねこばばさす 		nekobaba saseru
nekobaba sasu
Potential 猫糞できる ねこばばできる nekobaba dekiru
Volitional 猫糞しよう ねこばばしよう nekobaba shiyō
Negative 猫糞しない ねこばばしない nekobaba shinai
Negative continuative 猫糞せず ねこばばせず nekobaba sezu
Formal 猫糞します ねこばばします nekobaba shimasu
Perfective 猫糞した ねこばばした nekobaba shita
Conjunctive 猫糞して ねこばばして nekobaba shite
Hypothetical conditional 猫糞すれば ねこばばすれば nekobaba sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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
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