ぞろ目

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目
め
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of ぞろ (zoro, cognate with suffix 揃(ぞろ)い (-zoroi, “all of the same kind”)) +‎ 目 (me, “value of a die throw”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ぞろ目(め) • (zorome) 

  1. (gambling, idiomatic) doubles: two of the same number other than 1, after rolling two dice
  2. (gambling, idiomatic) in a forecast bet, betting that the same horse wins twice in a row
  3. (idiomatic) by extension, doubled numbers, or numbers that line up, such as the ones in a date like 2011/11/11

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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