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猫耳を洗うと雨が降るねこ耳を洗うと雨が降る
ねこみみをあらうとあめがふる
1. [exp,v5r] [rare,proverb]
《traditional belief》
▶ if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2022-08-01 04:18:24  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
4. A 2014-12-09 03:00:46  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -17 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming (trad. belief)</gloss>
+<s_inf>traditional belief</s_inf>
+<gloss>if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming</gloss>
3. A* 2014-12-05 08:11:25  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming (trad. belief)</gloss>
2. A 2012-05-18 07:09:40  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-05-16 09:02:08  Marcus
  Refs:
nikkoku
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  Comments:
Apparently there's a similar expression in English, 
"If a cat washes behind its ears, rain is coming"
http://www.kinrossfolds.com/cattery/superstition.html

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