空鼾

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
空	鼾
そら Grade: 1	いびき Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 空 (sora, “sky; pretend”) +‎ 鼾 (ibiki, “snoring”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) そらいびき [sòráíꜜbìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ɾa̠ibʲikʲi]

Noun edit

空(そら)鼾(いびき) • (soraibiki)

a fake snore, a snore deliberately made to make one appear to be asleep

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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