お世せ辞じ

noun

flattery; compliment

Polite noun for flattering or complimentary remarks, often insincere or socially expected. Commonly used in phrases like お世辞を言う (to pay a compliment/flatter) and お世辞にも～ない (by no stretch of the imagination).

• 彼かの女じょは上じょう司しにお世せ辞じを言いうのが上手じょうずだ。

  She is good at flattering her boss.

• お世せ辞じにも美味おいしいとは言いえない料りょう理りだった。

  It was a dish that, even with the best will in the world, couldn't be called delicious.