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焼く

English translation: have trouble with

07:31 Jan 24, 2018
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Japanese term or phrase: 焼く
From the sentence: 強めの課金施策を打たないと売上厳しい見込のため多少焼く。
Eric Quek
Local time: 20:24
English translation:have trouble with
Explanation:
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/手を焼く
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cinefil
Japan
Local time: 19:24
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Summary of answers provided
1 +2have trouble with
cinefil
2to do something unfavourable to customers, i.e., to charge higher (than otherwise) to customers
Port City


  

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have trouble with


Explanation:
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/手を焼く

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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to do something unfavourable to customers, i.e., to charge higher (than otherwise) to customers


Explanation:
It may derive from a slang use of 焼きを入れる - to take a disciplinary action, and here I assume it means "to do something unfavourable" to the customers. To be specific, it means "to charge higher than when decent sales are expected". When you give someone a burn, the person feels pain. The pain here is the higher charge.

http://zokugo-dict.com/36ya/yakiwoireru.htm

Port City
New Zealand
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