読唇術

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読	唇	術
どく Grade: 2	しん Grade: S	じゅつ Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
讀唇術 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

読 (doku, “to read”) +‎ 唇 (shin, “lip”) +‎ 術 (jutsu, “technique”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どくしんじゅつ [dòkúshíꜜǹjùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]

Noun

読(どく)唇(しん)術(じゅつ) • (dokushinjutsu)

lipreading
- 2004 January 10, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)３話(わ)　ホムンクルスの正(しょう)体(たい) [Chapter 3: The True Color of the Homunculi]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 89:
  
  聞(き)こえるの？
  Kikoeru no?
  You heard that?
  いや　ただの読(どく)唇(しん)術(じゅつ)
  Iya tada no dokushinjutsu
  Nope, I just read his lips
  オメ——何(ナニ)者(モン)だ⁉
  Ome—— nanimon da⁉
  What the heck—— are you⁉