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わりびく
verb (godan)
to discount; to reduce a price; to take with a grain of salt
他動詞 transitivebusiness
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()()()()かない
Present polite()()きます()()きません
Past()()いた()()かなかった
Past polite()()きました()()きませんでした
て form()()いて()()かなくて
ている present()()いている()()いていない
ている polite()()いています()()いていません
ている past()()いていた()()いていなかった
ている past polite()()いていました()()いていませんでした
Conditional ば()()けば()()かなければ
Conditional たら()()いたら()()かなかったら
Volitional()()こう
Volitional polite()()きましょう
Potential()()ける()()けない
Passive()()かれる()()かれない
Causative()()かせる()()かせない
Imperative()()()()くな
1. to discount; to reduce a price
To lower the price of something by a certain amount or percentage.
定価(ていか)一割(いちわり)()()いた。
I discounted the list price by ten percent.
If you buy in bulk, they discount the price.
This shop discounts members' fees by twenty percent.
2. to take with a grain of salt; to make allowances for exaggeration
Figuratively, to mentally subtract exaggeration from what someone says and treat it as less than its face value.
You should take his story with a grain of salt.
自慢(じまん)(ばなし)だったで、(すこ)()()いて(かんが)えた
Since it was a boast, I took it with some allowance.
You should take advertising claims with a grain of salt.

Transitivity

Transitive — takes (値段(ねだん)()()く). Composed of () (to divide) + () (to subtract), read with rendaku as わりびく.

Common collocations

Usage

Sense 2 is figurative — picturing someone's words as a price to be marked down.