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猫にまたたびお女郎に小判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
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ everyone has their favorite
▶ pick the right thing to please someone
▶ [lit] catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1534790 【またたび】 1. silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder
  ⇒ see: 1348670 小判 1. koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period



History:
4. A 2025-12-02 02:05:31  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1534790">木天蓼・またたび</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1534790">またたび</xref>
3. A 2025-12-01 19:34:53  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
〈猫/ねこ/ネコ〉に〈木天蓼/またたび/マタタビ〉
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 猫にまたたび  │ 9,681 │ 45.0% │
│ 猫にマタタビ  │ 4,004 │ 18.6% │
│ ねこに木天蓼  │ 1,173 │  5.5% │
│ 猫に木天蓼   │   272 │  1.3% │
│ ネコに木天蓼  │     0 │  0.0% │
│ ねこにまたたび │ 2,447 │ 11.4% │
│ ネコにマタタビ │ 2,250 │ 10.5% │
│ ネコにまたたび │   952 │  4.4% │
│ ねこにマタタビ │   715 │  3.3% │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯

〈御/お〉〈女郎/じょろう〉に〈小判/こばん/コバン〉
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────╮
│ お女郎に小判 │ 99 │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>猫に木天蓼お女郎に小判</keb>
+<keb>猫にまたたびお女郎に小判</keb>
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>猫にまたたびお女郎に小判</keb>
+<keb>猫に木天蓼お女郎に小判</keb>
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1534790">木天蓼</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1534790">木天蓼・またたび</xref>
2. A 2020-07-31 06:30:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Some tweaks. I realise 木天蓼 isn't actualy catnip, but it gets the meaning across.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
@@ -19 +20 @@
-<gloss>catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes</gloss>
1. A* 2020-07-31 02:59:15  Opencooper
  Refs:
* daijs: https://kotobank.jp/word/猫に木天蓼お女郎に小判-594785
* daijr: https://kotobank.jp/word/猫にまたたび,お女郎に小判-352530
* imidas: https://imidas.jp/proverb/detail/X-02-C-24-2-0005.html
  Comments:
First time doing an entry like this. Not sure if I'm doing it right or these are even good/correct glosses.

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