Misappropriating the confessional with ネコババ
Vocabulary Explanation: Misappropriation with ネコババ
After Meimi makes her first appearance as a magical thief, her nun-in-training classmate Seira suggests the name Saint Tail. She adds that they can use the sealed confessional as a meeting room.
- 芽美:
- 「ちょっと それってざんげ室ネコババするんじゃ……！！」
- “Hold up, isn't that misappropriating the confessional?”
- 聖良:
- 「これも すべて主の おみちびきですわ」
- “This, too, is all part of the Lord's plan.”
Key Points
ネコババする turns the noun into an action
ネコババ means pocketing or misappropriating something that is not yours.
Adding する makes it a verb, so ざんげ室ネコババする means using the confessional as if taking it for themselves.
それって frames Meimi’s objection
それって points back to Seira’s suggestion to use the confessional as their meeting room.