Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of えこひいき – see the following entry.
依怙贔屓
[noun] prejudicial treatment, favoritism
[verb] to show prejudicial treatment, to display favoritism
Alternative spellings
依估贔屓, えこ贔屓, 依怙贔負
(This term, えこひいき, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)