Translation guide
A scheme or event that has been secretly arranged in advance to deceive someone or to achieve a particular outcome, often unfairly.
To describe a situation, event, or outcome that was secretly planned beforehand to trick people or to create a false impression.
Refers to a fixed match or rigged contest, especially in sports or competitions. It implies collusion where the outcome is predetermined.
To describe a secret plan by a group to harm someone or to make them appear guilty of something they didn't do.
あの試合は八百長だったらしい。
That match was apparently a put-up job.
Literally 'fixed race', used for any competition or process where the result is predetermined from the start. Common in business and politics.
That election was a put-up job.
A staged or faked event, often used in media or entertainment to describe something that is not genuine but presented as real.
That reality show is a put-up job.
A trick or sham, often used in the phrase 狂言強盗 (kyōgen gōtō) for a staged robbery. Can sound literary or old-fashioned.
The police suspect it was a put-up job.
A conspiracy or plot. Often used for political or criminal schemes. Can be combined with other words like 陰謀説 (conspiracy theory).
He is the victim of a put-up job.
A fabrication or trumped-up charge. Implies something completely invented to frame someone.
The accusation is a put-up job.
Colloquial phrase meaning 'I was set up' or 'I was framed'. Used when someone has been tricked into a bad situation.
I was totally set up. (It was a put-up job.)
The selection of the president was a put-up job.
Do not translate 'put-up job' literally as 置かれた仕事 or similar. It will not be understood. Use the idiomatic expressions above.