Meaning of 生/meaning-of-さばを読む in Japanese

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Definition of 生/meaning-of-さばを読む

  1. (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
さば(saba) · サバ(saba)

鯖 Kanji Details

  1. (n) mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)

    早く帰った方がいい、暑いから。サバは、生き腐れとも言われるくらい足が早い。
    It's hot, so you'd better head back quickly. Mackerel goes off so fast that they coined 'fresh-looking rotten fish'.

  1. (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
(ki)

生 Kanji Details

  1. (n, pref) pure; undiluted; raw; crude
なま(nama)

生 Kanji Details

  1. (adj-no, adj-na, n, n-pref) raw; uncooked; fresh
  2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
  3. unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom)
  4. live (i.e. not recorded)
  5. inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
  6. impudence; sauciness →Related words: 生意気
  7. unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer →Related words: 生ビール
  8. (pref) just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-
  9. irresponsibly; half-baked
  10. (n) cash
  11. tipsiness →Related words: 生酔い
かわ(kawa) · がわ(gawa) ·

川河 Kanji Details

  1. (n) river; stream

    この川はあの川の3倍長い。
    This river is three times longer than that one.

  2. (suf) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

    信濃川と阿賀野川ではどちらが長いですか。
    Which is longer, the Shinano River or the Agano River?

  1. (v5m, vt) to read

    いつも本を読んでいるうちに眠ってしまう。
    I always read myself to sleep.

  2. to count →Related words: さばを読む
  1. (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
  1. (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
  2. (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait) →Related words: 揺蚊
  3. red mite (i.e. a chigger) →Related words: 恙虫
  1. (n) (Buddh) ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) →Related words: 如是我聞
  2. ten thusnesses (in Tendai) →Related words: 十如是
(wo)
  1. (prt) indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc. →Related words:
  1. (adj-na, n, adj-no) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears

    アメリカ人にはよくあることだが彼はなまの魚を好かない。
    As is often the case with Americans, he does not care for raw fish.

  2. (n-pref) birth-

    静岡産のお茶と宇治産のお茶では何が違いますか。
    Is there any difference between the tea from Shizuoka and that from Uzi?

ディーエッチ(diiecchi)
  1. (n) (designated hitter - baseball)
せい(sei) · しょう(shou)

生 Kanji Details

  1. (n) life; living
  2. (n, n-suf) I; me; myself
  1. (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
  1. (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
  1. (pref) vital; virile; lively
(fu)

生 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) →Related words: 芝生
  1. (n) boiled and half-dried bonito →Related words: 生り節
  1. (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
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