かまとと

Japanese

Alternative spelling
蒲魚

Etymology

From the concept of someone asking if "fishcakes (蒲鉾 (kamaboko)) count as fish (魚 (toto))."[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かまとと [kàmátótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ma̠to̞to̞]

Noun

かまとと • (kamatoto) ←かまとと (kamatoto)?

  1. feigning ignorance

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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