空鼾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	鼾
そら Grade: 1	いびき Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 空 (sora, “sky; pretend”) +‎ 鼾 (ibiki, “snoring”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) そらいびき [sòráíꜜbìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA^(key): [so̞ɾa̠ibʲikʲi]

Noun

空鼾 (hiragana そらいびき, rōmaji soraibiki)

a fake snore, a snore deliberately made to make one appear to be asleep

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

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