まけて
makete
🇯🇵 Japanese slang from Osaka
What does “まけて” mean?
knock a bit off (the price)
Example
“おっちゃん、ちょっとまけてや！”
otchan, chotto makete ya!
Mister, knock a bit off!
Good to know
Haggling with a joke is very Osaka; in Tokyo people hardly ever do it.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: 安くしてください
Heard in a conversation
Haggling at Kuromon market
Obachan 一パック八百円。ぎょうさん入っとるで。
Eight hundred yen a pack. There's loads in it.
Yuto えらい高いなあ。ちょっとまけて、おばちゃん！
That's awfully pricey. Knock a bit off, auntie!
Obachan なんでやねん！もう朝からまけてんのに。
Oh come on! I've been knocking it down since this morning.
🏷️ How other countries say “knock a bit off (the price)”
- 🇯🇵 安くしてTokyo
More from Osaka
- なんぼhow much?
- おごったるI'll treat ya
- ぼちぼちso-so, getting by
- もうかりまっか"making any money?" (classic Osaka hello)
- 安うしといてgive me a discount (haggling, Kansai)
- 値切るto haggle
- しぶちんstingy, a tightwad (Kansai)
- 銭money, dosh (old-fashioned, Kansai)
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