さばを読む
さばをよむ
Also written as:
- 鯖を読む
Meanings
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Expression / Verb
Godan verb (mu)-
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age.
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Action
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| Type | Godan verb (mu) |
| Neg. neutral | さばを読まない |
| Positive polite | さばを読みます |
| Potential | さばを読める |
| Presumptive | さばを読もう |
| Past | さばを読んだ |
| -te form | さばを読んで |
Conjugation of さばを読む (さばをよむ)
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- Godan verb with `mu' ending
- Stem
- さばを読
- Infinitive
- さばを読み
- -te form
- さばを読んで
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