ねたばらし

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of ねた (neta, “story, plot”) + ばらし (barashi, continuative form of ばらす (barasu, “to reveal, disclose”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねたば​らし [nètábáꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞ta̠ba̠ɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

ねたばらし or ネタばらし or ネタバラシ • (netabarashi) 

1. act of revealing spoilers

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• ねたばれ (netabare, “spoiler”)