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
  • (Tokyo) そらい​びき [sòráíꜜbìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ɾa̠ibʲikʲi]

Noun

空(そら)鼾(いびき) • (soraibiki) 

  1. a fake snore, a snore deliberately made to make one appear to be asleep

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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