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鴨る

鴨る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴨
Jinmeiyō

Verb

鴨る ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かもる, romaji kamoru)

  1. “to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or cunningly beat out an opponent, such as in gambling or a swindle; compare English to make a monkey out of, to shark someone
    トランプでも麻雀 (マージャン)でも鴨 (かも)られちゃった。
    Toranpu demo mājan demo kamorarechatta.
    I was soundly beaten / taken in / sharked in both cards and mahjong.

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Etymology

Derived from noun 鴨 ‎(kamo, “duck”), from the slang sense of “a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition”, from the way that ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt.

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