Japanese Kotowaza: 猫の手も借りたい

Japanese Kotowaza: 猫の手も借りたい – Review Notes

Today we learned another interesting Japanese ことわざ (kotowaza – proverb): 猫の手も借りたい (neko no te mo karitai). Learn more about it below!

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ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese Proverbs:

★　Today, we will learn another interesting ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese proverb or saying.

★　猫の手も借りたい (neko no te mo karitai) literally means “I even want to borrow a cat’s hand.”

★　You use this kotowaza when you are so busy that you feel like you would even take help from a cat.

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Breaking it down:

★　猫 (neko) means “cat” in Japanese.

★　手 (te) means “hand” in Japanese.

★　猫の手 (neko no te) means “a cat’s hand” in Japanese.

★　借りたい (karitai) means “want to borrow” in Japanese. The original verb form is: 借りる (kariru – to borrow)

★　も (mo) is a particle which can be used to mean “too,” “also,” or “even” in Japanese.

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