Japanese

香箱座り: a cat sitting in a catloaf pose.

香箱座り: a catloaf viewed from below.

Noun

香箱座り ‎(hiragana こうばこずわり, romaji kōbako-zuwari)

1. sitting in a catloaf pose

Related terms

• 香箱を作る (こうばこをつくる, ​kōbako o tsukuru): “to make an incense box” → to sit down in a catloaf pose^[1][2]
• 香箱を組む (こうばこをくむ, ​kōbako o kumu): “to come together / fold one's limbs into an incense box shape” → to sit down in a catloaf pose^[3]

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 『もっと知りたい!ねこの気持ち』 (Motto Shiritai! Neko no Kimochi, in Japanese), PHP Institute, pp. 34-35