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How to say "cat" in Japanese

1
ねこ
(noun) cat; feline
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あれ あれ ねこ です です
Is that (a) cat?
わたし ねこ りんご りんご 食べない たべない
My cat doesn't eat apples.
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Making Animals with Rock, Paper, Scissors
右手 みぎて チョキ ちょき 左手 ひだりて チョキ ちょき ねこ さん さん ねこ さん さん
With scissors for right hand and scissors for left hand as well, a cat! A cat!
Meet NyaNya - the New Cat at TV Tokyo
ええ ええ 色んな いろんな あの あの ねこ
Um, so many of those cats...
Particles II 1
いぬ ねこ
dog and cat
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あやとり あやとり
(noun) cat's cradle
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おばあちゃん おばあちゃん あやとり あやとり しました しました
I played cat's cradle with grandma.
小さい ちいさい ころ あやとり あやとり 遊んだ あそんだ
When I was young, I played cat's cradle.
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Make a Cat's Cradle: Pine Needle
この この あやとり あやとり
This cat's cradle,
Make a Cat's Cradle: Stretchy as Rubber
この この あやとり あやとり ひも 伸びた のびた 縮んだ ちぢんだ ゴム ごむ よう よう 遊べる あそべる とても とても 簡単 かんたん あやとり あやとり です です
This is a very simple cat's cradle that you can play with like rubber, with the string stretching and contracting.
Make a Cat's Cradle: Parrot
このよう このよう 動かす うごかす オウム おうむ はね 広げて ひろげて いる いる よう よう 見える みえる という という あやとり あやとり です です
This cat's cradle is such that when you move it like this, it looks as if the parrot is spreading it's feathers.
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ニャー にゃあ
(onomatopoeia) meow; sound a cat makes
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ねこ ニャー にゃあ 鳴いた ないた
(A) cat meowed.
となり から から ニャー にゃあ ニャー にゃあ 聞こえる きこえる
(I) hear meowing from next door.
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Island Cats - Part 1 of 2
女の子 おんなのこ です です / ニャー にゃあ
Are (you a) girl? / Meow.
IGN Japan's Review of Stray
みぎ アナログスティック あなろぐすてぃっく カメラ かめら 操作 そうさ できて できて まる ボタン ぼたん ニャー にゃあ 鳴き なき
(You) can control (the) camera with (the) right analog stick, meow with (the) circle button, and
IGN Japan's Review of Stray
ゲーム げえむ 序盤 じょばん ニャー にゃあ ニャー にゃあ 鳴き なき ながら ながら まち 歩き あるき 三角 さんかく ボタン ぼたん 活用 かつよう して して 絨毯 じゅうたん 爪研ぎ つめとぎ した した バケツ ばけつ から から みず ペロペロ ぺろぺろ 飲んだ のんだ する する 体験 たいけん
(The) experiences of walking through (the) city while crying "Meow, meow!", using (the) triangle button to sharpen (your) claws on rugs, and lapping up water from buckets early in (the) game
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三毛 みけ
(noun) (none) (none) calico cat; cat with three colors of fur

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三毛 みけ ねこ 飼って かって いる いる
I'm keeping a calico cat.
その その ふく 三毛 みけ いろ プリント ぷりんと されている
Those clothes have the prints of a tricolor cat.
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Meet NyaNya - the New Cat at TV Tokyo
三毛 みけ 三毛 みけ なん なん です です
It's a tri-color cat.
Meet NyaNya - the New Cat at TV Tokyo
すごい すごい きれい きれい 三毛 みけ です です
What beautiful tricolor fur, huh?
Meet NyaNya - the New Cat at TV Tokyo
三毛 みけ オス おす 少ない すくない です です ので ので メス メス です です けれども けれども
There aren't very many male tricolor cats, so it's a female.
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招き猫 まねきねこ
(noun) beckoning cat
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レジ れじ よこ 招き猫 まねきねこ 置いて おいて ある ある
(A) beckoning cat has been placed next to (the) register.
招き猫 まねきねこ 縁起 えんぎ よい よい
Beckoning cats are good omens.
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What Is Maneki-Neko (Beckoning Cat)?
これ これ 招き猫 まねきねこ 言います いいます
This is called (a) "Beckoning Cat."
What Is Maneki-Neko (Beckoning Cat)?
今日 きょう この この 招き猫 まねきねこ ついて ついて 紹介 しょうかい して して ほしい ほしい っていう っていう コメント こめんと あった あった ので ので
(I) had comments saying that (people) wanted (me) to talk about (the) Beckoning Cat, so today
What Is Maneki-Neko (Beckoning Cat)?
招き猫 まねきねこ とは とわ ひと 招く まねく 姿 すがた した した ねこ 人形 にんぎょう のこと のこと です です
"Beckoning Cat" refers to (a) figure of (a) cat beckoning to people.
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