キャッツアイ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cat's eye.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) キャッツア​イ [kyàttsú áꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [kʲa̠t̚t͡sɨᵝ a̠i]

Noun

キャッツアイ (rōmaji kyattsu ai)

  1. cat's eye; cymophane
    • 2007 March 15, Aoyama, Gosho, “ゴールデン・アイの巻まき【前ぜん編ぺん】 [Golden Eye [First Chapter]]”, in まじっく快かい斗と [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:
      金 (きん)褐 (かっ)色 (しょく)の中 (なか)に一 (ひと)筋 (すじ)の白 (しろ)い光 (ひかり)…まさに黄 (おう)金 (ごん)の猫目石 (キャッツアイ)‼
      Kinkasshoku no naka ni hitosuji no shiroi hikari… Masa ni ōgon no kyattsu ai‼
      Having white lights inside that amber look… This golden cat’s eye is one of a kind‼

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