読唇術

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読	唇	術
どく Grade: 2	しん Grade: S	じゅつ Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
讀唇術 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

読 (doku, “to read”) +‎ 唇 (shin, “lip”) +‎ 術 (jutsu, “technique”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくし​んじゅつ [dòkúshíꜜǹjùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

読(どく)唇(しん)術(じゅつ) • (dokushinjutsu) 

1. lipreading
   • 2004 January 10, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)３話(わ)　ホムンクルスの正(しょう)体(たい)”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) (武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)), volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 89:

     聞(き)こえるの？

     Kikoeru no?

     You heard that?

     いや　ただの読(どく)唇(しん)術(じゅつ)

     Iya tada no dokushinjutsu

     Nope, I just read his lips

     オメ——何(ナニ)者(モン)だ⁉

     Ome—— nanimon da⁉

     What the heck—— are you⁉