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 2 terms in Japan starting with B.
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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