鯖読み

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鯖 読
さば
Hyōgaiji		 よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鯖讀み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さばよみ [sàbáyómí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) さばよみ​ [sàbáyómíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ba̠jo̞mʲi]

Noun

鯖(さば)読(よ)み • (sabayomi) 

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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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