jmdict 1593810 Active (id#2329912)
サバを読む； 鯖を読む； さばを読む [sK]
【 さばをよむ 】
  1. [exp,v5m] [id]
    • to manipulate figures to one's advantage
    • to count wrongly on purpose
    • to inflate or deflate one's age
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1456360 読む【よむ】 6. to count; to estimate
    • ⇐ see: 2864078 サバ読む【さばよむ】 1. to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2025-01-11 06:28:57 Jim Breen (id#2329912)
    • Comments
      I think this needs to be two entries. I'll set it up.
    • Refs
      サバを読む	2779
鯖を読む	620
さばを読む	1670
サバ読む	2284
鯖読む	328
さば読む	381
    • Diff
      @@ -14,12 +13,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>サバ読む</keb>
-<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>鯖読む</keb>
-<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>さば読む</keb>
-<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
-</k_ele>
@@ -28,4 +15,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>さばよむ</reb>
-<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
    • A* 2025-01-08 15:08:38 Anonymous (id#2329711)
    • Comments
      Variations of the omission of を added as sK/sk
    • Refs
      No-rin ep 12 1:40 婚活で女がサバ読むのはええとしても
    • Diff
      @@ -13,0 +14,12 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>サバ読む</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>鯖読む</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>さば読む</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
@@ -15,0 +28,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>さばよむ</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
    • A 2024-09-22 17:22:14 Stephen Kraus (id#2314074)
    • Refs
      〈鯖／さば／サバ〉を〈読／よ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ サバを読む │ 2,779 │ 47.9% │
│ さばを読む │ 1,670 │ 28.8% │
│ 鯖を読む　 │   620 │ 10.7% │
│ 鯖をよむ　 │    44 │  0.8% │
│ サバをよむ │   371 │  6.4% │
│ さばをよむ │   314 │  5.4% │
├─ーーーーー─┼───────┼───────┤
│ サバを読ん │ 6,265 │ 51.5% │
│ さばを読ん │ 1,474 │ 12.1% │
│ 鯖を読ん　 │   451 │  3.7% │
│ 鯖をよん　 │    59 │  0.5% │
│ さばをよん │ 2,468 │ 20.3% │
│ サバをよん │ 1,448 │ 11.9% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>さばを読む</keb>
+<keb>鯖を読む</keb>
@@ -11 +11,2 @@
-<keb>鯖を読む</keb>
+<keb>さばを読む</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,4 +14,0 @@
-<reb>サバをよむ</reb>
-<re_restr>サバを読む</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -19,2 +15,0 @@
-<re_restr>さばを読む</re_restr>
-<re_restr>鯖を読む</re_restr>
    • A 2020-10-11 20:31:47 Jim Breen
    • A* 2020-10-11 13:06:57 Marcus Richert
    • Refs
      サバを読む	2779
さばを読む	1670
鯖を読む	620
    • Diff
      @@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>サバを読む</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -10,0 +14,4 @@
+<reb>サバをよむ</reb>
+<re_restr>サバを読む</re_restr>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -11,0 +19,2 @@
+<re_restr>さばを読む</re_restr>
+<re_restr>鯖を読む</re_restr>
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