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

(Tokyo) ぞろめ [zòrómé] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞ɾo̞me̞]

Noun

ぞろ目(め) • (zorome)

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

Related terms

ピンぞろ (pinzoro): snake eyes, doubled ones in dice

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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