Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of ぞろ (zoro, cognate with suffix (ぞろ) (-zoroi, all of the same kind)) +‎ (me, value of a die throw).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ぞろ() (zorome

  1. (gambling, idiomatic) doubles: two of the same number other than 1, after rolling two dice
  2. (gambling, idiomatic) in a forecast bet, betting that the same horse wins twice in a row
  3. (idiomatic) by extension, doubled numbers, or numbers that line up, such as the ones in a date like 2011/11/11

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References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN