Word Meaning サバを読む

さばをよむ sabaoyomu

サバを読む is read as さばをよむ (sabaoyomu) and means to manipulate figures to one's advantage.

Meaning

English

to manipulate figures to one's advantage
to count wrongly on purpose
to inflate or deflate one's age

Reading

Kana

さばをよむ

Romaji

sabaoyomu

Writing Variants

鯖を読む さばをよむ saba o yomu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 147427 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

読む

よむ

to decipher

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

再び読む

ふたたびよむ

to reread

読み進む

よみすすむ

to go on reading

空気を読む

くうきをよむ

to read the situation

心を読む

こころをよむ

to read (someone's) thoughts

読書

どくしょ

reading (a book)

読本

とくほん

textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)

読み

よみ

reading

読み書き

よみかき

reading and writing

読みにくい

よみにくい

hard to read

読み上げる

よみあげる

to finish reading