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:2025/12/06
招き猫
Hiragana
まねきねこ
Noun
Japanese Meaning
商売繁盛や幸運を招くとされる、片方の前足を挙げた猫の置物。店先や家の玄関などに飾られる縁起物。 / 顧客や金運など、特定の運気を呼び込む象徴として扱われる猫の像・飾り物。
Easy Japanese Meaning
かべやたなの上などにおく ねこのかたちのかざりで ゆびをまねいていて しあわせやおきゃくさんをよぶと いわれるもの
Sense(1)
beckoning cat (figure of a cat with one paw raised believed to bring good luck)
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beckoning cat (figure of a cat with one paw raised believed to bring good luck)
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招き猫
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There is a large beckoning cat in this store.
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この店には、大きな招き猫があります。
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