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猫耳； ネコ耳 [sK] ； ねこ耳 [sK] ； 猫みみ [sK]
【 ねこみみ； ネコミミ (nokanji) 】
1. [n]
▶ cat ears
2. [n] [uk,m-sl]
▶ nekomimi
▶ character with cat ears
▶ catgirl
▶ catboy
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2862973 獣耳【けものみみ】 1. kemonomimi; character with animal ears
3. [n]
▶ ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell



History:
8. A 2024-11-12 05:58:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Closing.
7. A* 2024-10-15 04:18:27  parfait8
  Comments: 
fairly certain second sense is [uk]
on google images 猫耳 returns a mix of actual cats and catgirls/catboys, ネコミミ only the latter
  Diff: 
@@ -31,0 +32 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
6. A* 2024-10-15 04:13:31  parfait8
  Refs: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgirl
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nekomimi

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 猫耳　　 │ 174,051 │ 42.1% │
│ ネコ耳　 │  41,380 │ 10.0% │ add
│ ねこ耳　 │  10,032 │  2.4% │ add
│ 猫みみ　 │   1,599 │  0.4% │ add
│ ネコミミ │ 100,255 │ 24.2% │
│ ねこみみ │  86,449 │ 20.9% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -5,0 +6,12 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ネコ耳</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ねこ耳</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>猫みみ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -20 +32,5 @@
-<gloss>catgirl (female character with cat ears; in manga, anime, etc.)</gloss>
+<misc>&m-sl;</misc>
+<gloss>nekomimi</gloss>
+<gloss>character with cat ears</gloss>
+<gloss>catgirl</gloss>
+<gloss>catboy</gloss>
5. A 2021-12-24 06:40:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2021-12-20 01:20:30  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
猫耳	174051
ネコミミ	100255
  Comments: 
I don't think "smelling" on its own is an adjective.
  Diff: 
@@ -9,0 +10,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ネコミミ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -16 +20 @@
-<gloss>catgirl (person wearing cat ears, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>catgirl (female character with cat ears; in manga, anime, etc.)</gloss>
@@ -20 +24 @@
-<gloss>ears with soft, slightly smelling, earwax</gloss>
+<gloss>ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell</gloss>
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