猫騙し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猫 騙
ねこ
Grade: S 		だま
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
猫だまし

Etymology

猫(ねこ) (neko, “cat”) + 騙(だま)し (damashi, “deception”). Literally, “fool the cat”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ねこだまし [nèkódáꜜmàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ko̞da̠ma̠ɕi]

Noun

猫(ねこ)騙(だま)し • (nekodamashi) 

  1. (sumo) loudly clapping hands in front of an opponent’s face to distract them at the start of a sumo match
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