Word Meaning 鯖を読む

さばをよむ saba o yomu

鯖を読む is read as さばをよむ (saba o yomu) 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

saba o yomu

Writing Variants

さばを読む さばをよむ sabaoyomu
サバを読む さばをよむ sabaoyomu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 152376 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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鯖

さば

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)

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

とくしょ

reading (a book)

読本

とくほん

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

朗読

ろうどく

reading aloud

読者

どくしゃ

reader

読み方

よみかた

way of reading (out loud)