八百長 やおちょう match fixing #23,427 Meanings noun, from the nickname of a Meiji-period greengrocer who would purposely lose at Go match fixing; put-up job; fixed game Its kanji 八 ハチ、ハツ · や、や.つ、やっ.つ、よう eight, eight radical (no. 12) 百 ヒャク、ビャク · もも hundred 長 チョウ · なが.い、おさ long, leader, superior, senior In sentences Furigana このゲームは八百長やおちょうだ。 This game is fixed. #223820 あのレースは八百長やおちょうだった。 The race was fixed. #231233