虚きょ礼れい

noun

empty formalities; useless ceremony

Refers to formalities or rituals that lack substance or genuine feeling, often criticized as a waste of time.

• 彼かれの挨あい拶さつは虚きょ礼れいに過すぎないと感かんじた。

  I felt his greeting was nothing more than an empty formality.

• 会かい議ぎの虚きょ礼れいを省はぶいて、本ほん題だいに入はいりましょう。

  Let's skip the useless formalities of the meeting and get to the main topic.