猫舌

ねこじた

aversion to hot foods

What does 猫舌 mean?

猫舌 is a Japanese noun meaning aversion to hot foods in English. It is written as 猫舌 in kanji, ねこじた in hiragana, and nekojita in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私はとても猫舌なんです。

I can't eat or drink very hot things.