鯖を読む: manipulate figures to one's advantage, especially one's own age, height, or weight

(idiomatic) manipulate figures to one's advantage, especially one's own age, height, or weight

Alternative spelling of 鯖を読む

Alternative spelling of 鯖を読む

for the sun to rise high / to grow late; to come to an end / to have a high ability; to be talented / to grow old

benefit / (finance) profit

(Buddhism) blessing, salvation

鯖: mackerel

oneself / first-person pronoun: I, me (often shows the speaker's lower position in a hierarchy than the addressee) / (Kansai) you

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend