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
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) そらいびき [sòráíꜜbìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA(key): [so̞ɾa̠ibʲikʲi]
Noun
空鼾 (hiragana そらいびき, rōmaji soraibiki)
- a fake snore, a snore deliberately made to make one appear to be asleep
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9