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Meaning of 甘い話 in Japanese
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甘い話, うまい話
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Kana Readingうまいはなし
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Romajiumaihanashi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- too good to be true stories (offers) (e.g. scams and frauds)
- Example sentence
- 「騙された」と言ってしまえばそれまでですが、「うまい話」に乗った当人であることは間違いありません。 If you say "I was tricked," well that's certainly so but there's no mistaking that you were the one who signed up on a "sweet deal".
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Examples of 甘い話, うまい話, うまいはなし in a sentence
Kanji in this word
甘
JLPT 2
5 strokes
sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary
On'Yomi: カン
Kun'Yomi: あま.い, あま.える, あま.やかす, うま.い