TY - JOUR AU - Gapur, Abdul AU - Taulia, AU - Pujiono, Mhd. PY - 2019/10/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Neko ‘Cat’ in Japanese Idioms (Meaning and Figure of Speech Analysis) JF - International Journal of Cultural and Art Studies JA - Internationalj.ofCultureandArtStudies VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.32734/ijcas.v3i1.2673 UR - https://talenta.usu.ac.id/ijcas/article/view/2673 SP - 30-39 AB - <p>Generally, idioms are formed with words related to the sense of taste, human body, color, numbers, growth, natural objects and animals. In this study, a Japanese idiom that is formed from <em>neko</em> ‘cat’ is discussed. This study is a qualitative research that aims to find out the lexical and idiomatical meaning of the idiom containing word<em> neko</em> and the figure of speech. The data are idioms with the word <em>neko</em> in <em>101 Japanese Idioms</em> by Michael L. Maynard, and website (<em>https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp</em>). The results are that 13 idioms that use <em>neko</em>. Some idioms have a difference between lexical and idiomatic meaning. However, there is a link between the lexical and idiomatical meaning with the cultural and historical approach of the lexical used. Data contained in the 8 figure of speech Metaphor, namely <em>neko mo shakushi mo</em> (猫 も 杓 子 も), <em>neko ni koban</em> (猫に小判), <em>neko no hitai</em> (猫の額), <em>neko ni matatabi </em>(猫にまたたび), <em>neko in katsuobushi</em> (猫に鰹節), <em>neko no kubi ni suzu o tsukeru</em> (猫の首に鈴を付ける), <em>neko no ko ippiki inai</em> (猫の子一匹いない), <em>neko o koroseba shichidai tataru</em> (猫を殺せば七代祟る. Then 5 figure of speech are included in metonymy, namely <em>neko no te mo karitai</em> (猫の手も借りたい), <em>neko o kaburu</em> (猫 を か ぶ る), <em>karite kita neko</em> (借りてきた猫), <em>neko o ou yori sakana o noke yo</em> (猫を追うより魚をのけよ), and <em>neko o ou yori sara o hike</em> (猫を追うより皿を引け).</p> ER -