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名詞

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A cat:（半固有名詞） puss

用例

• 猫を飼う
  to keep a cat

• 犬は人に付き猫は家に付く
  A dog attaches himself to his master, while a cat attaches herself to the house.
• 猫は鼠を捕る
  A cat catches mice.
• この猫はよく鼠を捕る
  This cat is a good mouser.
• 猫の留守は鼠の天下
  “When the cat is away, the mice will play.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 猫が鳴く
  A cat mews or miaows.
• 牝猫が鳴いて牡猫を呼ぶ
  A cat caterwauls.
• 猫が喉を鳴らす
  A cat purrs.
• 猫が人に顔をこすりつける
  A cat rubs her face against you.
• 猫にひっかかれた
  I was scratched by a cat.
• 猫が顔を洗うと雨が降る
  When a cat washes her face, it is a sign of rain.
• 猫を殺せば七代崇る
  “A cat has nine lives.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 猫に鰹節の番
  a wolf in the sheepfold―to set a wolf to watch the sheep―trust a cat with milk
• 窮鼠却て猫を喰む
  “A stag at bay is a dangerous foe.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 借りて来た猫のよう
  to work like hired people.
• （子どもに用をさして）猫にましだ
  You are more useful than a cat.
• 猫の性で熱い物が食べられない
  Like the cat, I can not eat anything hot.
• 猫の目のように変わりやすい
  to change colour like the chameleon
• 猫の額ほどの地面
  a bit of ground
  a strip of land
• 猫にまたたび
  That is the very thing―just the thing.
• 猫に小判
  to cast pearls before swine
• 猫も杓子も
  “all the world and his wife”【イディオム・格言的】
• 猫をかぶる
  to dissemble―dissimulate―play the hypocrite.
• もう猫をかぶっても駄目だ
  It is no use playing the hypocrite any longer.
• あの男は猫をかぶっている
  He is a hypocrite―a wolf in sheep's clothing.
• あの女は猫をかぶっている
  She is demure
  She is a prude
  She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth.

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（＝何猫）

用例

• 牡猫
  a tom-cat

• 牝猫
  a tabby-cat
  a she-cat
• 子猫
  a kitten
• 子猫がじゃれる
  A kitten frisks about.
• 三毛猫
  a tortoise-shell cat
• 虎猫
  a tabby-cat
• 婆々猫
  a grimalkin
• 化け猫
  a goblin-cat