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Meaning of 美辞麗句(びじれいく) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 美辞麗句

Kana Reading びじれいく

Romaji bijireiku

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

Examples of 美辞麗句, びじれいく in a sentence

地域参加を呼びかけてもしょせんは美辞麗句、どのみち市役所はやりたいことを勝手にやるに決まっている。

The claim of community involvement is just window dressing; City Hall will do what it wants to anyhow.
そんなに美辞麗句を並べられると、かえって嘘に聞こえるよね。

When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.

Related Kanji

麗 JLPT 1

19 strokes

lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent

On'Yomi: レイ

Kun'Yomi: うるわ.しい, うら.らか

句 JLPT 1

5 strokes

phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

On'Yomi: ク

Kun'Yomi:

辞 JLPT 3

13 strokes

resign, word, term, expression

On'Yomi: ジ

Kun'Yomi: や.める, いな.む

美 JLPT 3

9 strokes

beauty, beautiful

On'Yomi: ビ, ミ

Kun'Yomi: うつく.しい