冷(ひ)やかし

ひやかし
noun
browsing without buying; teasing; banter
shoppingcommunication
1. browsing without intending to buy; window-shopping
Looking over goods in a shop or stall with no intention of buying. Often used by shopkeepers of customers who take up their time.
冷(ひ)やかしお断(ことわ)り。
No browsers. (lit. Browsing declined.)
買(か)う気(き)はなく、ただの冷(ひ)やかしだった。
I had no intention of buying; I was just browsing.
屋台(やたい)の店主(てんしゅ)は、冷(ひ)やかしの客(きゃく)にも笑顔(えがお)で応(おう)じていた。
The stall owner responded with a smile even to customers who were only browsing.
2. teasing; banter; jeering
Making fun of someone in a light or mocking way, especially calling out remarks from the sidelines.
冷(ひ)やかしはやめてくれ。
Stop teasing me.
客席(きゃくせき)から冷(ひ)やかしの声(こえ)が飛(と)んだ。
Jeering voices came from the audience.
二人(ふたり)が付(つ)き合(あ)い始(はじ)めたと知(し)って、同僚(どうりょう)たちの冷(ひ)やかしが止(と)まらなかった。
Once word got out that the two had started dating, their colleagues wouldn't stop teasing them.

The noun form of 冷(ひ)やかす (to tease; to browse without buying). The shopping sense is the more common one in everyday signs and speech.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • からかい: teasing — general playful mockery, without the shopping sense
  • 見(み)るだけ: just looking — the neutral, polite way a customer describes browsing

Related Words

Compare: ウィンドウショッピング (window shopping)
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Added 2026.8.8 3:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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