鯖読み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鯖	読
さば Hyōgaiji	よ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominalization of 鯖を読む (saba o yomu, “forge figures”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) さばよみ [sàbáyómí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) さばよみ [sàbáyómíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
- IPA^(key): [sa̠ba̠jo̞mʲi]

Noun

鯖読み (hiragana さばよみ, rōmaji sabayomi)

cheat in counting, especially to lie about one's age or weight

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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