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買いかぶり (かいかぶり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
overestimation ; overrating
Refers to thinking too highly of someone or something, often in terms of ability, value, or quality. Commonly used in the expression 買いかぶりだ or 買いかぶりすぎ.
買か
いかぶり
すぎ
です
。
You're overrating my abilities too much.
Written forms 買か いかぶり
Common spelling using kana for the second part, avoiding the less common kanji 被.
買か い 被かぶ り
Kanji spelling using 被; less common but still seen.
Similar words 過か 大だい 評ひょう 価か 過大評価 is a more formal, Sino-Japanese compound meaning 'overestimation' or 'overvaluation', often used in objective or analytical contexts. 買いかぶり is more colloquial and implies a subjective, often personal, overestimation.
Etymology Compound of 買い (kai, 'buying' or 'evaluating') and かぶり (kaburi, from 被る 'to cover' or 'to put on'), literally 'buying and covering', implying an inflated assessment. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is conventionally associated with overestimating someone's worth.
