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Meaning of 能書き(のうがき) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 能書き

Kana Reading のうがき

Romaji nōgaki

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting

Example sentence

彼、能書きばかり立派だけど、言うは易く行うは難し、ってこと分かってんのかなあ。 His boosterism makes it sound wonderful but I wonder if he understands how hard it's going to be to actually carry out.

Examples of 能書き, のうがき in a sentence

彼、能書きばかり立派だけど、言うは易く行うは難し、ってこと分かってんのかなあ。

His boosterism makes it sound wonderful but I wonder if he understands how hard it's going to be to actually carry out.

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Kanji in this word

能 JLPT 3

10 strokes

ability, talent, skill, capacity

On'Yomi: ノウ

Kun'Yomi: よ.く

書 JLPT 5

10 strokes

write

On'Yomi: ショ

Kun'Yomi: か.く, -が.き, -がき

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