NHK「WORLD-JAPAN」さんのインスタグラム写真 - (NHK「WORLD-JAPAN」Instagram)「“Neko ni koban” is like the English saying “pearls before swine”. It expresses the futility of giving something valuable to someone who doesn’t know its worth.🙀🐾 This is how it’s written in kanji and hiragana. 猫 - ねこ- neko - cat, に- ni - toward, 小判 - こばん - koban - a gold coin used during the Edo period. 😸 Japan has a long history of people living with cats and today around 10 million are kept here as pets. This is just one of many expressions related to cats in Japanese!😻 Do you have a saying like “neko ni koban” in your language? . 👉For more cat sayings｜Watch｜Magical Japanese: Cat｜Free On Demand｜NHK WORLD-JAPAN website.👀 . 👉For more Japanese language learning and 🆓 free video, audio and text resources, visit Learn Japanese on NHK WORLD-JAPAN’s website and click on Easy Japanese.✅ . 👉Tap in Stories/Highlights to get there.👆 . 👉Follow the link in our bio for more on the latest from Japan. . 👉If we’re on your Favorites list you won’t miss a post. . . #猫に小判 #ねこにこばん #nekonikoban #catsayings #猫 #cat #neko #japanesewords #japanesesayings #freejapanese #easyjapanese #japaneseonline #kanji #hiragana #japaneselanguage #learnjapanese #learnjapaneseonline #japanesewriting #日本語 #nihongo #일본어 #japones #japanisch #bahasajepang #ภาษาญี่ปุ่น #日語 #tiếngnhật #japan #nhkworldjapan」5月21日 6時00分