Translation guide
A person who buys tickets, goods, or other items in high demand to resell them at a profit. In Japanese, this concept is expressed with specific nouns and verbs, and the practice is often associated with ticket scalping.
A person who resells tickets (e.g., for concerts, sports) at inflated prices.
A person who buys limited-edition goods (e.g., sneakers, game consoles) to resell at a profit.
The act of scalping tickets or goods.
The verb 'to resell' used for scalping. Often combined with チケットを or 商品を.
The English word 'scalper' does not have a direct one-to-one equivalent in Japanese. Use ダフ屋 for ticket scalpers and 転売屋 for general resellers. The verb 'to scalp' is usually expressed as 転売する.
In Japanese, the term 転売屋 can be neutral or negative depending on context. To emphasize illegality or unethical behavior, use ダフ屋 for tickets or add 悪質な (malicious) before 転売屋.
Buying tickets from scalpers is illegal.
A broader term for a reseller, often used for scalpers of tickets or goods. Can be neutral or negative depending on context.
Scalpers are selling tickets at high prices.
Explicitly 'ticket reseller', used when clarity is needed.
Crackdowns on ticket scalpers have been intensified.
Slang abbreviation of ダフ屋, used informally.
That scalper got caught again, apparently.
The standard term for someone who resells goods for profit, including scalpers of physical items.
Scalpers bought up all the limited-edition sneakers.
Emphasizes the act of buying up stock to create scarcity, often used for scalpers of goods.
It's out of stock because of scalpers.
Internet slang for a reseller/scalper, often used pejoratively on social media.
Scalpers are selling PS5s at high prices again.
Reselling tickets is prohibited.
Specifically 'to resell at a high price', emphasizing the scalping aspect.
He makes money by scalping tickets at high prices.
Slang verb meaning 'to scalp tickets', derived from ダフ屋.
I heard he got caught scalping again.