ちょんぼ

Japanese

Etymology

From 錯和 (chonbo, tsōhō), a mahjong term for declaring a win without a legal hand.[1]

Noun

ちょんぼ (chonbo) 

  1. an inadvertent mistake

Verb

ちょんぼする (chonbo suru) suru (stem ちょんぼし (chonbo shi), past ちょんぼした (chonbo shita))

  1. to inadvertently make mistakes

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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