"鯖を読む" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "From a supposedly common act of fishmongers who forge or misrepresent the amount of 鯖 (“mackerel”) they sell in a bulk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "鯖を読む",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鯖",
          "さば"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saba o yomu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鯖を読み",
      "roman": "saba o yomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鯖",
          "さば"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鯖を読んだ",
      "roman": "saba o yonda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鯖",
          "さば"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さば を よむ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "鯖(さば)を読(よ)む • (saba o yomu) godan (stem 鯖(さば)を読(よ)み (saba o yomi), past 鯖(さば)を読(よ)んだ (saba o yonda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "manipulation of figures",
          "roman": "sabayomi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鯖読",
              "さばよ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "鯖読み"
        },
        {
          "english": "presenting oneself as older than their actual age",
          "roman": "gyakusaba",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "逆鯖",
              "ぎゃくさば"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "逆鯖"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "manipulate figures to one's advantage, especially one's own age, height, or weight"
      ],
      "id": "en-鯖を読む-ja-verb-M-rPkOoe",
      "links": [
        [
          "manipulate",
          "manipulate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) manipulate figures to one's advantage, especially one's own age, height, or weight"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ja:鯖読み"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "さばをよむ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠ba̠ o̞ jo̞mɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鯖を読む"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "manipulation of figures",
      "roman": "sabayomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鯖読",
          "さばよ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "鯖読み"
    },
    {
      "english": "presenting oneself as older than their actual age",
      "roman": "gyakusaba",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "逆鯖",
          "ぎゃくさば"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "逆鯖"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a supposedly common act of fishmongers who forge or misrepresent the amount of 鯖 (“mackerel”) they sell in a bulk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "鯖を読む",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鯖",
          "さば"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saba o yomu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鯖を読み",
      "roman": "saba o yomi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鯖",
          "さば"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鯖を読んだ",
      "roman": "saba o yonda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鯖",
          "さば"
        ],
        [
          "読",
          "よ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さば を よむ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "鯖(さば)を読(よ)む • (saba o yomu) godan (stem 鯖(さば)を読(よ)み (saba o yomi), past 鯖(さば)を読(よ)んだ (saba o yonda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -mu",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with を",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "manipulate figures to one's advantage, especially one's own age, height, or weight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manipulate",
          "manipulate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) manipulate figures to one's advantage, especially one's own age, height, or weight"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ja:鯖読み"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "さばをよむ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠ba̠ o̞ jo̞mɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鯖を読む"
}

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