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猫舌

猫舌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねこ
Grade: S
した > じた
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Noun

猫舌 (hiragana ねこじた, romaji nekojita)

  1. (idiomatic) "cat tongue", someone who is incapable of drinking or eating anything hot due to having an overly sensitive tongue

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9