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| She’s a big cat, so we named her ‘Nyajira’: ‘nya’ means ‘miaow’, and ‘jira’ is from ‘Gojira’ (Godzilla). But now we feel sorry to have given her a name like that, because of her cute miaowing and behaviour. Her leaping skill from one roof to another is very impressive, even though she has a big round body shape like a rice cake. She looks like Kyoku, but her body colour is darker, and she has a very chubby short tail. |
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The first time we saw him, he was still a kitten, and he liked to sit in a pretty flower bush. So we named him ‘Hana’, which means ‘flower’ in Japanese. Later on, we realized he was not cute at all. It seems he and Nyajira both are fed by one of our neighbours, but they do not get aloung with each other. Hana has the best fighting sprit around our house. He thinks he is the boss around here, and he’s probably right. |
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Sumo Note! ‘Yokozuna’ is the grand champion rank in sumo. All sumo ranks have ‘east’ and ‘west’ standings, with east having a somewhat higher status than west.
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Goro-chan
On the right is Goro: the cat who was adopted by Yaemi’s parents’ house. His impression was quiet, mild, and weak for fights. On the left is his no-name friend; she isn’t Shiro-chan. Like Dosu, Goro-chan also died this year.
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Funfie
He lived with Chris until 1997. His name comes from ‘five’ in German, but we called him Fun-chan. This was a bit mean of us, because ‘fun’ means ‘poo’ in Japanese. But poo happened to be one of his best skills.
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Date posted: 2003-09-15