noun
elegant phrase; beautiful expression
A refined or graceful phrase, often used in literary or poetic contexts. Can appear in the compound 美辞麗句 (びじれいく) meaning flowery words or rhetoric.
彼のスピーチは美辞麗句に満ちていた。
His speech was full of flowery phrases.
この詩には麗句が多く使われている。
This poem uses many elegant phrases.