Japanese phrases and tricks our cats know (and other japanese tidbits)

Tricks or commands

Itadakimasu
time to eat (say that to get them to lead you to the bathroom with their plates)
Koko
here (command)
Kochi kochi
less formal here; like “here kitty kitty”
Kochi oide
less formal “come here”, alternative “here kitty kitty”
Suwaro
we shall sit
Ue
over (barrier)
Shita
under (barrier)

Tidbits:

Mofu mofu
fuzzy, soft, plushy things… like Ama (it’s one of his nicknames)
Chiisai
small; we call Hamachi “chiisai” and “hamachiisai”

Spell out hamachi and amaebi in Japanese