黒猫

See also: 黑貓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黒	猫
くろ Grade: 2	ねこ Grade: S
kun’yomi

黒猫 (kuroneko, “black cat”)

Etymology

From 黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 猫 (neko, “cat”).[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) くろねこ [kùrónékó] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ne̞ko̞]

Noun

黒猫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 黑貓, hiragana くろねこ, rōmaji kuroneko)

a black cat
- 1905, Natsume Sōseki, I am a Cat‎:
  :
  彼 (かれ)は純 (じゅん)粋 (すい)の黒猫 (くろねこ)である。
  Kare wa junsui no kuroneko de aru.
  He is an unmixed black cat.

See also

白 (しろ)猫 (ねこ) (shironeko, “white cat”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Etymology

Compound of 黒 (kuru, “black”) +‎ 猫 (mayā, “cat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuɾumajaː/

Noun

黒猫 (hiragana くるまやー, romaji kurumayā)

a black cat

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