Word Meaning 八百長

やおちょう yaochou

八百長 is read as やおちょう (yaochou) and means match fixing.

Meaning

English

match fixing
put-up job
fixed game

Reading

Kana

やおちょう

Romaji

yaochou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 20195 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八百長試合

やおちょうじあい

fixed match

八百万

やおよろず

myriad

八百万

はっぴゃくまん

8,000,000

八百屋

やおや

greengrocer

八百八橋

はっぴゃくやばし

the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

八百屋防風

やおやぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

八百万神

やおよろずのかみ

all the gods and goddesses

八百八町

はっぴゃくやちょう

the whole enormous extent of Edo

百卒長

ひゃくそつちょう

centurion

百薬の長

ひゃくやくのちょう

the best medicine (i.e. sake)

酒は百薬の長

さけはひゃくやくのちょう

good wine makes good blood