キャッチバー

noun

clip joint; rip-off bar

A bar that lures customers with promises of cheap drinks or companionship, then overcharges them. Wasei-eigo from 'catch bar'; not standard English.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from catch bar

• 観かん光こう客きゃくがキャッチバーに引ひっかかって、高こう額がくな料りょう金きんを請せい求きゅうされた。

  A tourist got caught in a clip joint and was charged an exorbitant fee.

• 繁はん華か街がいにはキャッチバーが多おおいので気きをつけてください。

  There are many rip-off bars in the entertainment district, so please be careful.