読唇術

Japanese

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

Etymology

(doku, to read) + (shin, lip) + (jutsu, technique)

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi: Goon
    • (Tokyo) んじゅつ [dòkúshíꜜǹjùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • IPA(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

読唇術 (hiragana どくしんじゅつ, rōmaji dokushinjutsu)

  1. lipreading
    • 2004 January 10, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “だい ホムンクルスのしょうたい [Chapter 3: The True Color of the Homunculi]”, in ソウレンキン [Armed Alchemy], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 89:
       ()こえるの?
      Kikoeru no?
      You heard that?
      いや ただの (どく) (しん) (じゅつ)
      Iya tada no dokushinjutsu
      Nope, I just read his lips
      オメ—— (ナニ) (モン)だ⁉
      Ome—— nanimon da⁉
      What the heck—— are you⁉
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