美辞麗句

びじれいく

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

Kanji

• 美 beauty. Read as ビ.
• 辞 resign
• 麗 lovely. Read as レイ.
• 句 phrase. Read as ク.

Example sentences

• 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.

Words containing 美辞麗句

• 美辞麗句を連ねる (びじれいくをつらねる) to declaim

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists