ぼったくり

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of ぼり (bori, “overcharging, ripping off”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb ぼる (boru, “to overcharge, to rip off”)) +‎ たくり (takuri, “snatching, grabbing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb たくる (takuru, “to snatch, grab, take forcefully”)).[1][2][3] This latter element might be related to verb 手繰る (taguru, “to haul something in, to reel something in”).[4][5][6]

First cited to 1903.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぼったくり [bòttákúrí] (Heiban – [0])[7]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞t̚ta̠kɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

ぼったくり • (bottakuri) 

  1. [from 1903] intentional overcharging; a rip-off
    ぼったくりバー
    bottakuri bā
    a clip joint; a rip-off bar
    • 1999, Tanizawa Eiichi, Hannichiteki Nihonjin no shisō [The ideology of anti-Japan Japanese people]‎, page 38:
      代(だい)価(か)とは、ぼったくりではない交(こう)換(かん)に見(み)合(あ)った正(せい)当(とう)な代(だい)金(きん)、を意(い)味(み)します。
      Daika to wa, bottakuri de wa nai kōkan ni miatta seitō na daikin, o imi shimasu.
      Consideration means not an overcharging but a legitimate pricing of the value of the exchange.
    • 2021 March 19, Maki Ayaka, “‘Bottakuri’ genten ni kigyō, kūkō sōgē no Sumāto Raido [Business started from ‘rip-offs’, Smart Ryde airport service]”, in Bloomberg‎:
      「ぼったくり」原(げん)点(てん)に起(き)業(ぎょう)、空(くう)港(こう)送(そう)迎(げい)のスマートライド－株(かぶ)式(しき)公(こう)開(かい)視(し)野(や)
      “Bottakuri” genten ni kigyō, kūkō sōgei no Sumāto Raido － kabushiki kōkai shiya
      A business started from ‘rip-offs’, airport ride service Smart Ryde – stock offering outlook

Derived terms
  • ぼったくる (bottakuru, “to overcharge, to rip someone off”, cited to 1991)

References
  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. “ぼったくり”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. “ぼったくり”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. “たくる”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  5. “たくる”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  6. “手繰る”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  7. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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