バラマキ政せい治じ

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Meanings

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noun

money politics; pork-barrel politics

Refers to political strategies that involve distributing public funds or benefits to gain support, often with a negative connotation of wasteful spending.

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.

Kanji

政politics, government
治reign, be at peace, calm down
撒scatter, sprinkle, give them the slip

Similar 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.

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).