猫舌
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- (idiomatic) being incapable of drinking or eating anything hot (high temperature) due to having an overly sensitive tongue
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 猫 (cat) + Japanese 舌 (tongue).
Origin
Japanese
舌
Gloss
tongue
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
舌
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ウミネコ Japanese
- シャム猫 Japanese
- シュレーディンガーの猫 Japanese
- チェシャ猫 Japanese
- ネコ亜目 Japanese
- ネコ目 Japanese
- ネコ科 Japanese
- 三毛猫 Japanese
- 化け猫 Japanese
- 山猫 Japanese
- 招き猫 Japanese
- 滑舌 Japanese
- 熊猫 Japanese
- 猫 Japanese
- 猫の額 Japanese
- 猫免疫不全ウイルス Japanese
- 猫糞 Japanese
- 猫耳 Japanese
- 猫額 Japanese
- 白猫 Japanese
- 舌 Japanese
- 舌炎 Japanese
- 長靴をはいた猫 Japanese
- 麝香猫 Japanese
- 黒猫 Japanese
- *sita Proto-Japonic