In a message dated 4/5/98 8:02:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MadamHydra@AOL.COM
writes:

Excuse me, but I'm trying to determine the *literal* translation for the
 phrase "Neko-ken".  According to my pocket Japanese-English dictionary, the
 definitions are as follows:
 
 	"neko" - cat
 	"ken" - sword, ticket, prefecture

  Ken also means fist if added to something else. Like Tekken means Iron Fist.
It's all in the kanji.