猫舌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猫	舌
ねこ Grade: S	した > じた Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 猫 (neko, “cat”) +‎ 舌 (shita, “tongue”).[1][2] The shita changes to jita as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねこじた [nèkójítá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
(Tokyo) ねこじた [nèkóꜜjìtà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞ʑita̠]

Noun

猫(ねこ)舌(じた) • (nekojita)

(idiomatic) being incapable of drinking or eating anything hot (high temperature) due to having an overly sensitive tongue

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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