猫の額

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • (idiomatic) tiny, not enough room to swing a cat; literally, “a cat’s forehead”

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 猫 (cat) + Japanese の (possessive particle, of, 's, possessive marker, genitive case marker, month, bird, s)+ Japanese 額 (forehead, frame, framed picture).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

forehead, frame, framed picture

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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