日本の お店に 行くと、よく まねきねこが 見えます。
しあわせを まねくと いわれる ねこの にんぎょうです。
右手を 上げた ねこは お金、左手を 上げた ねこは お客を よびます。
体の 色にも いみが あり、白は 幸せ、金色は お金を まねきます。
昔、えどの ころに 生まれたと いわれます。
今では 世界中の 人に 有名な ねこです。
🐱 CULTURE · 2026-07-28
まねきねこ の いみ
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Translation
When you visit shops in Japan, you often see the Maneki-neko cat.
It is a cat doll said to beckon happiness toward you.
A cat raising its right paw calls money, and one raising its left paw calls customers.
Its body color also has meaning: white is happiness, and gold calls money.
It is said to have been born long ago, in the Edo period.
Today it is a cat famous among people all over the world.
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