八百長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八 百 長
や
Grade: 1
お
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2

Etymology

Said to derive from 八百長(やおちょう) (Yaochō), the nickname of a 八百屋(やおや) (yaoya, “green grocer”) named 長兵衛(ちょうべえ) (Chōbē) who was suspected of intentionally losing go games according to folk etymology.

Noun

八(や)百(お)長(ちょう) • (yaochō) 

  1. (sports) match fixing; collusion to pre-determine the outcome of a game or match, usually for gambling purposes

Verb

八(や)百(お)長(ちょう)する • (yaochō suru) suru (stem 八(や)百(お)長(ちょう)し (yaochō shi), past 八(や)百(お)長(ちょう)した (yaochō shita))

  1. (sports) to fix a match; to rig an outcome

Conjugation

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.