Reference
Glossary
48 terms that recur across the country and city pages, defined without euphemism. Includes statutory names, jurisdiction- specific vocabulary (soapland, room salon, one-woman brothel, yellow card), industry vocabulary (bar fine, KTV, fuzoku), and named organisations (DSC Clinic, Empower Foundation, SWASH, COSWAS).
Showing 4 terms starting with B.
bar finePhilippines, ThailandEnglish (regional)
Compensation paid to a bar by a customer to take a worker out of the venue. Functions as the bar's payment for losing the worker's table time. The worker is then negotiated with separately on personal terms.
bola karaokeIndonesiaIndonesian
Slang for the karaoke-with-hostess venue category in Indonesia; equivalent to Korean room salons or Taiwanese KTV.
bottakuriぼったくりJapanJapanese
Bill-padding scam, most associated with backroom bars in Kabukicho and Roppongi. A street tout draws a foreigner into a venue with no posted prices; the bill at the end is ¥80,000–¥300,000 with credit-card-machine intimidation.
bottakuri barJapanJapanese (loanword)
A bar operating the bottakuri scam. Identifiable by: street-tout solicitation, no posted prices, fake menus, aggressive bouncers.
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