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さばをよむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
Alt. forms
サバを読よむ
さばを読よむ
サバをよむ
鯖さばを読よむ
さばをよむ
Conjugations...Used in: 1
Composed of
① サバ科サバ属の硬骨魚で、マサバ・ゴマサバなどの総称。特にマサバのことを言う。食用。秋は脂が乗って美味。
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count