猫舌

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Japanese

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猫 舌
ねこ
Grade: S 		した > じた
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 猫(ねこ) (neko, “cat”) + 舌(した) (shita, “tongue”). The shita changes to jita as an instance of rendaku (連濁). First cited to a work from 1648.

Pronunciation

Noun

猫(ねこ)舌(じた) • (nekojita) 

  1. (idiomatic) The inability to eat or drink anything hot due to one having an overly sensitive tongue.
  2. (idiomatic) A person with this condition.

References

  1. ^ “猫舌”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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