猫被り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猫	被
ねこ Grade: S	かぶ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominalisation of 猫を被る (neko o kaburu, “feign innocence”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねこかぶり [nèkókáꜜbùrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞ka̠bɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

猫(ねこ)被(かぶ)り • (nekokaburi)

being a wolf in sheep's clothing, feigning ignorance or innocence, someone who feigns ignorance or innocence

Derived terms

猫(ねこ)っ被(かぶ)り (nekokkaburi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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