Moto 猫: CatKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ビョウ
- Kun'yomi
- ねこ
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 163 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ビョウ)
- 怪猫かいびょうmonster cat; cat with magical powers
- 愛猫あいびょうpet cat; beloved cat
- 愛猫家あいびょうかcat lover
- 成猫せいびょうadult cat; fully-grown cat
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 猫ねこcat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
- 子猫こねこkitten
- 山猫やまねこwildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)
- 猫背ねこぜbent back; hunchback
- 猫舌ねこじたdislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food
- 飼い猫かいねこpet cat
- 黒猫くろねこblack cat
- どら猫どらねこstray cat
- どろぼう猫どろぼうねこthieving cat
- のら猫のらねこstray cat; alley cat
- アムール山猫アムールやまねこAmur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus); Tsushima leopard cat
- アンゴラ猫アンゴラねこAngora cat
- オス猫オスねこtomcat; male cat
- カリフォルニア猫鮫カリフォルニアねこざめhorn shark (Heterodontus francisci, bullhead shark from the Eastern Pacific); Californian bullhead shark
- キジ猫キジねこbrown tabby; brown-speckled cat
- サビ猫サビねこtortoiseshell cat
- シベリア大山猫シベリアおおやまねこEurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
- シャム猫シャムねこSiamese cat
- シュレーディンガーの猫シュレーディンガーのねこSchrödinger's cat
- トラ猫トラねこtabby cat; tiger cat
- ベンガル山猫ベンガルやまねこleopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
- ペルシャ猫ペルシャねこPersian cat
- マレー山猫マレーやまねこflat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
- マンクス猫マンクスねこManx cat
- メス猫メスねこfemale cat
- ヨーロッパ大山猫ヨーロッパおおやまねこEurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
- ヨーロッパ山猫ヨーロッパやまねこEuropean wildcat (Felis silvestris)
- リビア山猫リビアやまねこAfrican wildcat (Felis lybica)
- リビア猫リビアねこAfrican wildcat (Felis lybica)
- 三毛猫みけねこcalico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
- 仔猫こねこkitten
- 借りてきた猫かりてきたねこsomeone who is suddenly quiet and meek; borrowed cat
- 内猫うちねこindoor cat; house cat
- 化け猫ばけねこmonster cat; cat with magical powers
- 唐猫からねこcat (esp. one imported from China)
- 地域猫ちいきねこcommunally owned cat
- 外猫そとねこoutdoor cat
- 大山猫おおやまねこlynx (esp. the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx)
- 好奇心は猫をも殺すこうきしんはねこをもころすcuriosity killed the cat
- 好奇心猫を殺すこうきしんねこをころすcuriosity killed the cat
- 家猫いえねこcat (Felis catus); domestic cat
- 小猫こねこkitten
- 山猫ストやまねこストwildcat strike
- 山猫争議やまねこそうぎwildcat strike
- 山猫座やまねこざLynx (constellation)
- 山猫戦術やまねこせんじゅつwildcat tactics
- 恋猫こいねこcat in heat; cat in season
- 招き猫まねきねこbeckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
Other readings
- 野良猫のらねこstray cat; alley cat
- さび猫サビねこtortoiseshell cat
- とら猫トラねこtabby cat; tiger cat
- サバ猫さばねこmackerel tabby (cat); gray tabby
- ペルシア猫ペルシャねこPersian cat
- 土斑猫つちはんみょうblister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
- 姫土斑猫ひめつちはんみょうMeloe coarctatus (species of oil beetle)
- 対馬山猫つしまやまねこAmur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus); Tsushima leopard cat
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