Meaning

Primary

Aversion To Hot Foods

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A cat's tongue is for some reason associated with an aversion to hot foods. I guess I haven't seen a cat drinking up boiling milk, but whatever. Just imagine a cat licking up something super hot and freaking out. Cats don't like hot things, which is why this is an aversion to hot foods.

Reading

ねこじた
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the two vocab words separately put together, just as you'd expect from a body-part related kanji. So, plus = ねこじた. Just remember that is read here as じた, and not した.

Context

Context Sentences

私が猫舌だってこと、忘れてない?

Aren't you forgetting that I have an aversion to hot foods?

ごめんなさい。私、猫舌なんです。

I'm sorry. I can't eat hot things.

コウイチは猫舌なので、スープをふうふうしないと食べられません。本当でしょうか嘘でしょうか?

Koichi doesn’t like hot food, so he can’t eat soup without blowing on it. Is this true or false?

Kanji Composition