猿芝居

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猿 芝 居
さる
Grade: S 		しば
Grade: S 		い
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 猿 +‎ 芝居

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さるしばい [sàrúshíꜜbàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɾɯ̟ɕiba̠i]

Noun

猿(さる)芝(しば)居(い) • (sarushibai) 

  1. monkey show
  2. (idiomatic) bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance

References

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