ほらふき

Japanese
Alternative spellings
法螺吹き
ほら吹き
ホラ吹き

Etymology

From the phrase 法螺(ほら)を吹(ふ)く (hora o fuku). Compare Chinese 大吹法螺 (dàchuīfǎluó).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほら​ふき [hòráꜜfùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾa̠ɸɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Noun

ほらふき or ホラふき • (horafuki) ←ほらふき (forafuki)?

  1. bullshitter

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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