Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 慇懃無礼(いんぎんぶれい) in Japanese

慇懃無礼
Kana Reading
いんぎんぶれい
Romaji
inginburei
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    hypocritical courtesy; superficially polite but rude in intent
    Example sentence
    最近の銀行員態度なんと慇懃無礼なこと何様思ってる These bank employees seem so politely insolent lately. I wonder what's behind it.

Examples of 慇懃無礼, いんぎんぶれい in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

5 strokes

salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration

On'Yomi: レイ, ライ

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JLPT 2

12 strokes

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

On'Yomi: ム, ブ

Kun'Yomi: な.い

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14 strokes

courtesy

On'Yomi: イン

Kun'Yomi:

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17 strokes

courtesy

On'Yomi: キン, ゴン

Kun'Yomi: ねんごろ

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