美辞麗句

Reading

Kana: びじれいく
Romaji: bijireiku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
Readings: ジ、 や.める、 いな.む
Meanings: resign, word, term, expression
Readings: レイ、 うるわ.しい、 うら.らか
Meanings: lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent
Reading: 
Meanings: phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

Example Sentences

そんなに美辞麗句(びじれいく)(なら)べられると、かえって(うそ)()こえるよね。
➥When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.
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地域(ちいき)参加(さんか)()びかけてもしょせんは美辞麗句(びじれいく)、どのみち市役所(しやくしょ)はやりたいことを勝手(かって)にやるに()まっている。
➥The claim of community involvement is just window dressing; City Hall will do what it wants to anyhow.
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