ハリボテ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ハリボテ – see the following entry.

【はりぼて】 [noun] [from roughly 1814] a papier-mâché creation, such as a toy or a theater prop [noun] [date uncertain] something created as a fake, a mock-up of something [noun] [date uncertain] (figurative) a sham, an illusion, an attempt to fake something, often for sugarcoating a problem Alternative spellings 張りぼて, 張ぼて

(This term, ハリボテ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)