maneki neko
See also: maneki-neko
English
Noun
maneki neko (plural maneki neko or maneki nekos)
- Alternative form of maneki-neko
- 1999, Bruce Sterling, “Maneki Neko”, in A Good Old-Fashioned Future, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 6:
- A maneki neko was nestled inside white foam padding.
- 2013, Christine Reiko Yano, “Global Kitty: Here, There, Nearly Everywhere”, in Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific, Durham, N.C.; London: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 127:
- One of the clerks gave me an information sheet about maneki nekos.
- 2017, Heather Galler, “Maneki Neko”, in Folk Art Fusion: Learn to Paint Colorful Contemporary Folk Art in Acrylic, Walter Foster Publishing, →ISBN, page 60:
- Maneki neko are Japanese talismans and are thought to bring good fortune and wealth to their owners.
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Japanese
Romanization
maneki neko
- Rōmaji transcription of まねきねこ