パクる

• 読み: パクる
• ローマ字: pakuru
• 発音: /pa.kɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To copy, rip off, or steal someone's idea, design, or work — intellectual theft in a casual register.

パクる covers a range from petty copying to blatant plagiarism. It is used when someone copies a hairstyle, steals a joke, imitates a design, or plagiarises content. The word can also mean physically stealing something, though this usage is less common. The noun form パクリ (pakuri) describes the copied product itself. It is always negative — there is no neutral or positive use.

例文

1. あのデザイン完全にパクってるよね、訴えられないのかな。
2. 友達のアイデアパクったらバレてめっちゃ気まずかった。
3. パクりって言われたくないから自分で一から考えた。

使い方ガイド

場面: friends, social media, creative industries, internet culture

トーン: accusatory, critical

正しい言い方

• それ完全にパクりじゃん。 (That's a total rip-off.)
• あの曲、有名な洋楽パクってない？ (Doesn't that song rip off a famous Western track?)

避ける言い方

• 「参考にしました」と言うべきところで「パクりました」は問題 (Saying 'I ripped it off' instead of 'I took inspiration' is problematic in professional contexts)

よくある間違い

• Using パクる for legitimate inspiration or homage — パクる always implies dishonest copying, not respectful reference

起源と歴史

Possibly from パクッと (the onomatopoeia for gobbling something up in one bite) — metaphorically 'swallowing' someone else's idea whole. Another theory links it to 捕まる (tsukamaru, to be caught) via police slang. Common since at least the 1960s-70s.

文化的背景

時代: 1960s-70s slang, still current and widely used

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Frequently comes up in discussions about music, design, and content creation.