体てい裁さい上じょう

noun

for appearances' sake; to keep up appearances

Used when something is done mainly to maintain a good outward impression, not for substance. Often adverbial with に.

• 体てい裁さい上じょう、彼かれは賛さん成せいしたふりをした。

  For appearances' sake, he pretended to agree.

• 体てい裁さい上じょうは謝あやまったが、心こころからではなかった。

  He apologized to keep up appearances, but it wasn't sincere.