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バラマキ政治 (baramakiseiji) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Pork-barrel politics before elections worsens public finances.
That policy was criticized as money politics.
Kanji 治 reign, be at peace, calm down 撒 scatter, sprinkle, give them the slip Related words ばらまき The noun ばらまき means 'scattering' or 'handing out freely'; バラマキ政治 is the compound specifically referring to the political practice.
利り 益えき 誘ゆう 導どう 利益誘導 is a more formal term for 'pork-barrel politics' or 'constituency service', often used in political science contexts.
Written forms バラマキ 政せい 治じ
Standard kanji-katakana mixed spelling; バラマキ is often written in katakana for emphasis.
ばらまき 政せい 治じ
All-hiragana variant, less common but still used.
ばら 撒ま き 政せい 治じ
Kanji variant using 撒く; 撒 is not a jōyō kanji, so this spelling is less frequent.
Etymology Compound of ばらまき (scattering, handing out) and 政治 (politics). The term ばらまき comes from the verb ばらまく (to scatter, to distribute widely).
