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八百長 [news2,nf30]
【 やおちょう [news2,nf30] 】
1. [n]
《from the nickname of a Meiji-period greengrocer who would purposely lose at Go》
▶ match fixing
▶ put-up job
▶ fixed game



History:
6. A 2024-04-23 00:06:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2024-04-22 22:13:37  Marcus Richert
  Refs: 
daijs
https://japanknowledge.com/articles/blognihongo/entry.html?entryid=44
  Comments: 
I was confused by this word for the longest time until I looked up.the etymology, because how close it was to 八百屋. I think having an etym note helps.
  Diff: 
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<s_inf>from the nickname of a Meiji-period greengrocer who would purposely lose at Go</s_inf>
4. A 2024-04-22 07:05:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2024-04-22 02:44:10  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Not marked as a する-verb in the kokugos or gg5.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 八百長　　 │ 253,734 │ 98.4% │
│ 八百長し　 │   3,298 │  1.3% │
│ 八百長する │     918 │  0.4% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -16,2 +15,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<pos>&vs;</pos>
2. A 2011-06-10 04:38:49  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5, Eijiro, etc.
  Diff: 
@@ -16,0 +16,2 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
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