expression

Idiomatic expression.
  1. temptation one can't resist, setting a wolf to mind the sheep, trusting a cat with milk.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
猫に鰹節 ねこにかつおぶし
 
 
 
 
 
 
猫にカツオブシ ねこにかつおぶし
 
 
 
 
 
 
猫にかつおぶし ねこにかつおぶし
 
 
 
 
猫にかつお節 ねこにかつおぶし
 
 
 
ネコに鰹節 ねこにかつおぶし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

cat
ねこ ビョウ (9th, N3)
dog(犬) variant
seedling, sapling, shoot
なえ ミョウ ビョウ (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
bonito
かつお ケン (Kentei Pre-1)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
strict, hard, solid
ケン かた.い きん (7th, N1)
hard, wise
カン ケン コウ
retainer, subject
シン とみ おみ (4th, N2)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
node, season, period
セツ ふし セチ (4th, N1)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
instant, namely, as is
ソク すなわ.ち つ.く (7th, N1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)