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買いかぶり (kaikaburi) Japanese meaning: overestimation | Kotomora
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You're overestimating him by rating him so highly.
You're overrating my abilities too much.
Related 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.
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.
Etymology The noun derives from 買い被る, originally “to buy at an excessive price” and hence “to value too highly.”
