nekomimi

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English

Wikipe-tan as a nekomimi

Etymology

From Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi), from 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).

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Noun

nekomimi (plural nekomimi or nekomimis)

  1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) Cat ears.
  3. (chiefly Japanese fiction) (by metonymy, coming from meronymy) A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail.
    • 2005 February 17, Rob Kelk, “Re: DiGi Charat without her hat”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎ (Usenet):
      Thank you, Galen - I was pretty sure that she wasn't really a nekomimi, but this gives me some proof.

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nekomimi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ねこみみ
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