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.

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