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“Making promises without keeping them” in Japanese

Short answer
詐欺 sagi さぎ

Making promises without keeping them in Japanese is “詐欺” (sagi). Full meaning: fraud, swindle, graft, cheating, trick, scam; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it, making promises without keeping them, flaking out.

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