HATTA-RI はったり
Meanings
To try to overwhelm others by exaggerating a little more than it really is, or by making things that do not exist seem to exist. Also, such behavior.
Examples
・He was tangled with a hood, but bluffed his way out of it by claiming to be a karate expert.
チンピラに絡まれたが、空手の有段者であるとはったりを言って、その場を切り抜けた。
・He’s a weak man who can’t live without bluffing.
あいつは、はったりを言わなければ生きていけない、弱い人間なんだよ。
Dogmatic Opinion
Perhaps because of the word’s sense of “Hatta(thrust)” or “Hanatta(released),”
it also has a slight image of throwing an imaginary image at an opponent.
Proximate Expression
all talk
bluff
