Word Meaning 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

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

neko ni matatabiojorou ni koban

Writing Variants

  • 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

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 64 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

猫に小判

ねこにこばん

casting pearls before swine

木天蓼

またたび

silver vine (Actinidia polygama)

小判

こばん

small size (of paper)

魔女裁判

まじょさいばん

witch trial

天正大判

てんしょうおおばん

tenshō ōban

女郎

じょろ

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

小女子

こうなご

young lancefish

天女

てんにょ

beautiful and kind woman

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)

女性天皇

じょせいてんのう

female emperor (of Japan)