ちょんぼ

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Japanese

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Etymology

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From 錯和 (chonbo, tsōhō), a mahjong term for declaring a win without a legal hand.[1]

Noun

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ちょんぼ (chonbo

  1. an inadvertent mistake

Verb

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ちょんぼする (chonbo surusuru (stem ちょんぼ (chonbosuru shi), past ちょんぼした (chonbosuru shita))

  1. to inadvertently make mistakes

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN