ぞろ目
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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目 |
め Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of ぞろ (zoro, cognate with suffix 揃い (-zoroi, “all of the same kind”)) + 目 (me, “value of a die throw”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (gambling, idiomatic) doubles: two of the same number other than 1, after rolling two dice
- (gambling, idiomatic) in a forecast bet, betting that the same horse wins twice in a row
- (idiomatic) by extension, doubled numbers, or numbers that line up, such as the ones in a date like 2011/11/11
Related terms[edit]
- ピンぞろ (pinzoro): snake eyes, doubled ones in dice
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 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN