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Misappropriating the confessional with ネコババ

Vocabulary Explanation: Misappropriation with ネコババ

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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(めいみ):
「ちょっと　それってざんげ室(しつ)ネコババするんじゃ……！！」
“Hold up, isn't that misappropriating the confessional?”
聖良(せいら):
「これも　すべて主(しゅ)の　おみちびきですわ」
“This, too, is all part of the Lord's plan.”

Key Points

1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(しつ)ネコババする means using the confessional as if taking it for themselves.
2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.

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