ねたばれ

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of ねた (neta, “story, plot”) + ばれ (bare, continuative form of ばれる (bareru, “to be discovered or revealed”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねたばれ [nètábáré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞ta̠ba̠ɾe̞]

Noun

ねたばれ or ネタバレ • (netabare) 

1. spoiler (of a film, TV series, book, etc.)

   Synonym: スポイラー (supoirā)

   ネタバレ注(ちゅう)意(い) ― netabare chūi ― spoiler alert

Usage notes

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as ネタバレ.

Related terms

• ねたばらし (netabarashi, “act of revealing spoilers”)