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