いちびり

Japanese

Etymology

Noun form of いちびる (ichibiru); derived from 市(いち)振(ぶ)り (ichiburi), noun form of 市(いち)振(ぶ)る (ichiburu), from old dialectal idiom 市(いち)を振(ふ)る (ichi o furu, “to determine the price by waving one's hand at the bidding”, literally “to wave the market”), from the clamorous situations of fishery wholesaler's bidding.

Noun

いちびり • (ichibiri) 

1. (Kansai) person or behavior to mess around for showing off, or to become noisy in pushing one's luck; prankster, joker

   なんや自(じ)分(ぶん)偉(えろ)ういちびりやな。

   Nan ya jibun erō ichibiri ya na.

   What's up? You look extremely easily elated.

Synonyms

• 権(ごん)太(た) (gonta): (dialectal, chiefly Kansai) mischievous child
• 悪戯(いたずら)者(もの) (itazuramono): mischief-maker, trickster, prankster
• お調(ちょう)子(し)者(もの) (o-chōshimono): easily flattered
• 出(で)しゃばり (deshabari): self-assertive
• 目(め)立(だ)ちたがり屋(や) (medachitagariya): show-off, exhibitionist
• 浮(う)かれ (ukare): being merry and playful

Related terms

• いちびる (ichibiru): (Kansai) to mess around, to get carried away