ネコの毛がさかだった。

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage; feathers

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled