野良猫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	良	猫
の Grade: 2	ら Grade: 4 (ateji)	ねこ Grade: S
kun’yomi	nanori	kun’yomi

Etymology

The kanji 良 in 野良 is ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) のらねこ [nòránékó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [no̞ɾa̠ne̞ko̞]

Noun

野(の)良(ら)猫(ねこ) • (noraneko)

stray cat; alley cat

Synonyms

野(の)猫(ねこ) (noneko)

Related terms

野(の)良(ら)犬(いぬ) (norainu)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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