Cheshire cat

stray cat; alley cat

(sumo) A distracting clap, literally fool-the-cat, loudly clapping hands in front of an opponent’s face to distract them at the start of a sumo match.

Synonym of シャム (“Siamese cat”)

tortoiseshell cat

(slang) cat huffing

(fiction, art) (human's) eye with a shape evocative of a cat's eye, large and almond-shaped

cat older than a kitten but not yet an adult

Synonym of 黄昏 (tasogare, “dusk; twilight”) / Synonym of 黄昏時 (tasogaredoki, “dusk; twilight”)

(idiomatic) so busy there are not enough hours in the day; lit. to want to borrow even the paw of a cat