Tweet of the Week #102: Stay Pawsitive With Hissterically Funny Cat Tweets

Feline sad about the news? Nothing can cheer you up quite like slices of life from our little furry friends.

Classic Cat’n’box

No comment.

https://twitter.com/_Alber_tina/status/1311831594928234496?s=20

多分（たぶん）世界一（せかいいち）のバカ = “Probably the dumbest cat in the world.”

Nekoyoke

Spend one day in a Japanese residential neighborhood, and you will come across plastic bottles filled with water lined along the road. You can spot them against a wall, around plants, cars and home entrances.

But what are they for?

The tweet below will give you a clue!

「猫除けにペットボトル」が廃れた理由が大変良くわかる一例。 pic.twitter.com/Qka94jJxJz

— サライネス 自称漫画家 よう知らんけど多分。 (@SAARA_INES) October 5, 2020

「猫除（ねこよ）けにペットボトル」が廃（すた）れた理由（りゆう）が大変（たいへん）良（よ）くわかる一例（いちれい）。=

“A great example that shows why using bottles as cat repellent is obsolete.”

Yes, you read that right. People use bottles to repel cats and prevent them from, well, doing cat stuff. In Japanese, it’s called nekoyoke, or cat repelling. It stays popular in Japan, despite no supporting evidence that it actually scares cats away.

Speaking of water

Far from being repelled by water, some cats even enjoy our sinks.

もうちょっと普通の飲み方は出来なかったんでしょうか pic.twitter.com/GFOfxMgeOs

— ねこ美 (@nekobi_info) October 6, 2020

もうちょっと普通（ふつう）の飲（の）み方（かた）は出来（でき）なかったんでしょうか =

“Couldn’t he drink water in a slightly more normal way…?”

No one can resist a cute kitten… Let alone 3!

Last week, blogger and Twitter user @NipponKawauso realized he was being followed home by two adorable kittens.

後ろから誰かついてくると思ったら。
どうしよう、、、、 pic.twitter.com/6rxLAeiff3

— たいちゃん@ニホンカワウソ探し中 (@NipponKawauso) October 6, 2020

後（うし）ろから誰（だれ）かついてくると思（おも）ったら。どうしよう、、、、=

“I felt something was following me. What to do…”

Yielding to their adorable meowing, @NipponKawauso decided to take them home, but not before doing a quick check of the are, which led him to discover a 3rd kitten abandoned in a box.

毛布にくるまれた捨て猫でした😭
もう1匹いました。。
弱って寒そうにしていので、保護しています。 pic.twitter.com/bdgV7DlFkz

— たいちゃん@ニホンカワウソ探し中 (@NipponKawauso) October 6, 2020

毛布（もうふ）にくるまれた捨（す）て猫（ねこ）でした。もう１匹（いっぴき）いました。弱（よわ）って寒（さむ）そうにしていので、保護（ほご）しています。=

“These were kittens wrapped in a blanket and thrown away. There was one more one. They looked weak and cold, so I sheltered them.”

Looks like they adopted the right human and found their new forever home!

仕事してたらいつの間にかこうなる
動けません、、、 pic.twitter.com/4QHZgio303

— たいちゃん@ニホンカワウソ探し中 (@NipponKawauso) October 9, 2020

仕事（しごと）してたらいつの間（ま）にかこうなる 動（うご）けません、、、=

“I was working and before I knew it, ended up like this and can’t move…”

Soshul distancin? Wut iz dat?

家帰って上見上げたらこれ pic.twitter.com/O8x4SXuH3p

— サブkyouさん (@kyou_back) October 7, 2020

家（いえ）帰（かえ）って上（うえ）見上（みあ）げたらこれ = “When I come home and look up…”

Be my stove, human!

Because we all need a cat-arm-warmer in winter.

https://twitter.com/Kirika_ma_cos/status/1310571695866953728?s=20

そろそろこの季節（きせつ）がやってまいりますなぁ = “This season is coming.”

Wait, I have four of them?

初めて自分の足が
2本ではなく4本であることに
　気付いたとき… pic.twitter.com/EhqtW96pUX

— 不変哲（新垢） (@fuhentetsu) October 8, 2020

初（はじ）めて自分（じぶん）の足（あし）が ２本（にほん）ではなく4本（よほん）であることに 気付（きづ）いたとき… =

“The first time he realized he didn’t have 2, but 4 legs…”

I woke up like this

猫ってこういう感じだっけ…？ pic.twitter.com/7BYUaWnIoK

— マリムギ成長日記。 (@mariemugi2) October 3, 2020

猫ってこういう感（かん）じだっけ…？ = “Is a cat like this…?”

Learn the adverb いつの間にか

The adverbial expression いつの間にか translates “before one knows or becomes aware of.” It introduces an explanation of something that happened or changed, unnoticed before anyone realized what was happening.

いつの間に夜（よる）になった = Night fell before I realized it.

いつの間に雨（あめ）が降（ふ）っていた = It started raining before I noticed.

ベッドで本（ほん）を読（よ）んでいたら、いつの間まにか寝（ね）てしまっていた = I was reading a book on the bed and fell asleep before I knew it.

Note that the past tense always follows up this adverb.

Vocabulary

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