Word Meaning 猫にまたたびお女郎に小判

ねこにまたたびおじょろうにこばん nekonimatatabiojorou ni koban

猫にまたたびお女郎に小判 is read as ねこにまたたびおじょろうにこばん (nekonimatatabiojorou ni koban) and means everyone has their favorite.

Meaning

English

  1. everyone has their favorite
  2. pick the right thing to please someone
  3. catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes

Reading

Kana

ねこにまたたびおじょろうにこばん

Romaji

nekonimatatabiojorou ni koban

Writing Variants

  • 猫に木天蓼お女郎に小判 ねこにまたたびおじょろうにこばん neko ni matatabiojorou ni koban

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 56 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 64129 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

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猫に小判

ねこにこばん

casting pearls before swine

魔女裁判

まじょさいばん

witch trial

小判

こばん

small size (of paper)

女郎

じょろう

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

見世女郎

みせじょろう

low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

格子女郎

こうしじょろう

prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū; Edo period)

女郎花月

おみなえしづき

seventh lunar month

局女郎

つぼねじょろう

prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)

女郎

めろう

bitch

郎女

いらつめ

lass

女郎買い

じょろうかい

buying the services of a prostitute