No. 1,529 in Japanese
ネコ
Cat.
In a sentence
私の家にかわいいネコがいます。
There is a cute cat in my house.
Here, ネコ (neko) is used to literally refer to a domestic cat.
彼女はネコのように柔軟です。
She is flexible like a cat.
Here, ネコ (neko) is used metaphorically to express her flexibility, likening her to a cat.
その件について彼はすっかりネコを被っている。
He is pretending to be humble about that matter.
Here, ネコ (neko) is used in an idiomatic expression, 'ネコを被る,' meaning 'to feign innocence or suppress one's true nature.'
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