Comments | sharpblonde: Seriously?

sharpblonde

Seriously?

Feb 05, 2009 03:23

猫【ねこ】 (n) (1) cat; (2) (ant: タチ) (uk) (col) submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

from: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1F

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steepingthought February 5 2009, 13:45:34 UTC

yup, タチ　and ねこ are used in the way given in definition two. うけ　is sometimes used in place of ねこ

sharpblonde February 5 2009, 18:28:52 UTC

Excellent to have it confirmed by someone who has been living in Japan. It is even more awesome than some of the homonyms in the English language. Or is it the exact same sound? It could easily be like もも　which I know has two completely different meanings and is distinguished by where the emphasis is placed. I found that one interesting too, in its relation to English, since peaches can be a euphemism for breasts...

steepingthought February 6 2009, 01:16:11 UTC

The word makes a lot of sense of you think of how a cat raises his or her back-end as he or she stretches our his or her paws in front. I am not sure if the word ねこ is used in a relationship between two females... I have only heard this used between two males. Do you know?

sharpblonde February 6 2009, 01:58:26 UTC

Nope. I haven't got a clue. I came across that use of the word　ねこ just yesterday. It wouldn't make sense in the same physical sense you suggest unless it was two women who were into toys though :P My Japanese isn't even functional yet. I'm about 1/3 of the way through a beginner's Japanese book and I'm taking lessons Saturday mornings that revolve around the same book. I doubt I know more than 100-200 words, possibly not even that when you discount compound words.

nascent_dreams February 5 2009, 17:15:27 UTC

*snort* Wow. Random. xD I didn't know that.

sharpblonde February 5 2009, 18:30:07 UTC

Indeed. XD

hydeist_wannabe February 6 2009, 03:23:08 UTC

...how did you not know that one yet?

sharpblonde February 6 2009, 03:36:58 UTC

um. well, i knew cat. it was the other one i'd never heard of. and hey, i've been studying japanese for less than 6 months. jen has years on me and she didn't know. it's not exactly something you learn in class.

hydeist_wannabe February 6 2009, 15:10:04 UTC

that's true, i guess actually the more suprising is that jen didn't know, even though she's a BL fan...

sharpblonde February 6 2009, 03:39:23 UTC

i will also point out that i'm not a fan girl or a language buff like you and jen respectively, so my learning pace is a bit slower.