"ネコ" meaning in Japanese

See ネコ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ネコ [canonical], ねこ [canonical], neko [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ねこ}} ネコ or ねこ • (neko)
  1. 猫: cat
    Sense id: en-ネコ-ja-noun-1Z7OSiHW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Cats Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Cats: 52 48
  2. (gay and lesbian slang) bottom
    Sense id: en-ネコ-ja-noun-vpt2B-Bw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cats Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Cats: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: バリネコ (barineko) (english: steadfast bottom) Coordinate_terms (top): タチ (tachi) (english: top), リバ (riba) (english: versatile)
Disambiguation of 'top': 0 0

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "riba",
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      "word": "リバ"
    }
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      "form": "ねこ",
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      "id": "en-ネコ-ja-noun-vpt2B-Bw",
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          "bottom"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "gay and lesbian slang",
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        "(gay and lesbian slang) bottom"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Japanese nouns",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "roman": "tachi",
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      "word": "タチ"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "riba",
      "sense": "top",
      "word": "リバ"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねこ",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neko",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "word": "バリネコ"
    }
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ネコ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ネコ meaning in Japanese (1.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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