黒猫

See also: 黑貓 and 黑猫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黒	猫
くろ Grade: 2	ねこ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
黑猫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 猫 (neko, “cat”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くろねこ [kùrónékó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾo̞ne̞ko̞]

Noun

黒(くろ)猫(ねこ) • (kuroneko)

a black cat
- 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
  彼(かれ)は純(じゅん)粋(すい)の黒(くろ)猫(ねこ)である。
  Kare wa junsui no kuroneko de aru.
  He is an unmixed black cat.

See also

白(しろ)猫(ねこ) (shironeko, “white cat”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
黒	猫
くるー > くる Grade: 2	まやー Grade: S
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative spellings
黑猫 (kyūjitai) 黒まやー

Etymology

Compound of 黒 (kuru, “black”) +‎ 猫 (mayā, “cat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kuɾumajaː]

Noun

黒(くる)猫(まやー) (kurumayā)

a black cat

References

“くるまやー【黒まやー・黒猫】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.