皮肉

ひにく

Meanings

1. Noun, な-adjective, の-adjective irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire
2. な-adjective, の-adjective, Noun unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned
3. Noun (only) surface; something superficial
4. skin and bone; body (literal meaning)

Kanji

• 皮 skin. Read as ヒ.
• 肉 meat. Read as ニク.

Example sentences

• その賞賛は皮肉の変装したものであることに彼は気がつかなかった。
  He was not aware that the praise was a satire in disguise.
• 彼の演説には少し皮肉っぽいところがあった。
  There was a touch of irony in his speech.
• 彼はいつも私に皮肉を言う。
  He always makes cynical remarks to me.
• 皮肉なことに戦争が数多くの有用な発明を生み出した。
  Ironically it is war that has brought a great many useful inventions into being.
• 皮肉だな。
  It's ironic.

Common phrases

• 皮肉を込める

Words containing 皮肉

• 皮肉る (ひにくる) to make a cynical remark (about)
• 運命の皮肉 (うんめいのひにく) irony of fate
• 皮肉屋 (ひにくや) ironist

And 2 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N2

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