はりぼて

Japanese
Alternative spellings
張りぼて
張ぼて
はりぼて (haribote): traditional 'papier-mâché dogs.

Etymology

Compound of 張り (hari, “stretching; gluing; covering”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 張る (haru, “to stretch something; to glue something flat onto something else; to cover something with something flat”)) +‎ ぼて (bote, “woven bamboo basket”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a publication dated 1814–1846.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) はりぼて [hàríbóté] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾʲibo̞te̞]

Noun

はりぼて or ハリボテ • (haribote) 

  1. [from roughly 1814] a papier-mâché creation, such as a toy or a theater prop
    Synonym: 張り子 (hariko)
  2. [date uncertain] something created as a fake, a mock-up of something
    ようこそ！ハリボテの城(しろ)へ！
    Yōkoso! Haribote no shiro e!
    Welcome to the fake castle!
  3. [date uncertain] (figurative) a sham, an illusion, an attempt to fake something, often for sugarcoating a problem
    張(は)りぼての景(けい)気(き)をつくってきたが、実(じっ)体(たい)経(けい)済(ざい)は低(てい)調(ちょう)のままだ。
    Haribote no keiki o tsukutte kita ga, jittai keizai wa teichō no mama da.
    This created a sham upswing, but the real economy is still sluggish.

Derived terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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