ハッタリ

noun

bluff; bluster

Refers to an empty show of confidence or strength to deceive or intimidate others. Often used in the phrase ハッタリをかます (to put on a bluff).

• 彼かれの強つよ気きな態たい度どはただのハッタリだった。

  His aggressive attitude was just a bluff.

• あの政せい治じ家かの約やく束そくはハッタリに過すぎない。

  That politician's promises are nothing but bluster.