猫舌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猫	舌
ねこ Grade: S	した > じた Grade: 5
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

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

Noun

猫舌 (hiragana ねこじた, rōmaji 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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