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    3. サバ読む

    サバ読む

    サ​バ​読よむ​

    to manipulate figures to one's advantage

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    鯖読むさば読む

    さばよむ

    Verb

    1.
    to manipulate figures to one's advantage, to count wrongly on purpose, to inflate or deflate one's age
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    Kanji
    サ
    sa
    Kana
    バ
    ba
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
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