Japanese Word Entry

當て馬

Simplified Japanese form: 当て馬

Kana:あてうま
Romaji:ateuma
Definitions:
  1. stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate

  2. stalking horse, spoiler

Alternative form:
  • あて馬 【 あてうま (ateuma) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

bear, accept, undertake, just
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄤ (dāng), ㄉㄤˋ (dàng), ㄉㄤ˙ (dang)
Cantonese: dong1
Japanese: トウ (tou) / あ.たる (ataru)、 あ.てる (ateru)、 まさ.に (masani)
Korean: 당 (dang)
Vietnamese: đương, đáng
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horse, surname, Kangxi radical 187
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄚˇ (mǎ)
Cantonese: maa5
Japanese: バ (ba)、 メ (me)、 マ (ma) / うま (uma)、 うま- (uma-)、 ま (ma)
Korean: 마 (ma)
Vietnamese:
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