Illustration: On the floor beside a low table in a Japanese apartment, a domestic cat has squeezed into a shallow cardboard box that is clearly too small. Its head, pointed ears, whiskers and front paws remain fully visible above the sides, while its tail curls around the outside.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

猫ねこ

neko

cat

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは猫ねこが好すきだ。

    I like cats.

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  2. 台所だいどころに猫ねこがいる。

    There is a cat in the kitchen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ネコがいる。

    There is a cat.

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Kanji in 猫

  • 猫catOnビョウKunねこ

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