ぞろ目

Japanese
Kanji in this term
目
め
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of ぞろ (zoro, from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) soroi of verb 揃う (sorou), “to match or line up”) +‎ 目 (me, “eye; appearance”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ぞろ目 (hiragana ぞろめ, rōmaji zorome)

  1. (gambling, idiomatic) doubles: two of the same number other than 1, after rolling two dice
  2. (gambling, idiomatic) in a forecast bet, betting that the same horse wins twice in a row
  3. (idiomatic) by extension, doubled numbers, or numbers that line up, such as the ones in a date like 2011/11/11

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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