空鼾

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

空(そら)鼾(いびき) • (soraibiki) 

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

References

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