読唇術

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読 唇 術
どく
Grade: 2
しん
Grade: S
じゅつ
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
讀唇術 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

読 (doku, “to read”) +‎ 唇 (shin, “lip”) +‎ 術 (jutsu, “technique”)

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi: Goon
    • (Tokyo) どくし​んじゅつ [dòkúshíꜜǹjùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • IPA(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝɕĩn(d͡)ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

読(どく)唇(しん)術(じゅつ) • (dokushinjutsu) 

  1. lipreading
    • 2004 January 10, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第(だい)3話(わ) ホムンクルスの正(しょう)体(たい) [Chapter 3: The True Color of the Homunculi]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 89:
      聞(き)こえるの?
      Kikoeru no?
      You heard that?
      いや ただの読(どく)唇(しん)術(じゅつ)
      Iya tada no dokushinjutsu
      Nope, I just read his lips
      オメ——何(ナニ)者(モン)だ⁉
      Ome—— nanimon da⁉
      What the heck—— are you⁉
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