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A catgirl (猫娘, nekomusume), sometimes called a neko girl or simply neko, is a young female character with feline traits, such as cat ears (猫耳, nekomimi), a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. They are not individuals who are literal cats but individuals who only look superficially feline. [1]
Maneki-neko come in different colors and styles and vary in degrees of detail. Common colors are white, black, red, and gold. In addition to statues, maneki-neko can be found in the form of keychains, piggy banks, air fresheners, pots, and numerous other media. Maneki-neko are sometimes referred to simply as "lucky cats" or "calling cats". [2]
Neko language, a Trans–New Guinea language; Neko, a submissive role in a relationship between females in yuri or shōjo-ai media; Neko-dera, a name for Buddhist temples in Japan that are associated with cats; Neko chigura, is a kind of cat house made of straw in Japan; Neko Harbour, is an inlet of the Antarctic Peninsula on Andvord Bay
Cool Japanese Cat Names. Japanese pop cultural exports like anime, fashion, video games, and even food are so enormously popular worldwide that in Japan, this fad phenomenon is referred to as ...
One day, one of the most loyal servants saw his master's aged cat carrying in its mouth a shikigami with the samurai's name imprinted on it. Immediately shooting a sacred arrow, the servant hit the cat in its head; and as it lay dead on the floor, everyone could see that the cat had two tails and therefore had become a nekomata. With its death ...
Nekomusume (猫娘) means "the daughter of a cat". The literal translation, however, is actually "cat daughter" or "cat girl"; "neko" means "cat" in Japanese and "musume" means "daughter" or "girl". Nekomusume can refer to: A specific transformation of the folkloric Bakeneko
As a general rule, cats like high-frequency but low-intensity interactions, meaning they want to be near you, but don't necessarily want to be touched all the time." #14 Image credits: Tunexux
The name "Hello Kitty" is a back-translation of Maneki Neko, meaning "beckoning cat" in English. Despite this, no definitive statement supports that speculation. [ 27 ] Hello Kitty has also instead been put forth as an early example of mukokuseki , a Japanese term meaning "stateless" or "nationless" in reference to characters lacking any ...