おべっか

noun

flattery; sycophancy; brown-nosing

Casual, often negative term for insincere praise or sucking up to someone. Commonly used in the phrase おべっかを使う (to flatter).

• 彼かれは上じょう司しにおべっかを使つかってばかりいる。

  He's always sucking up to his boss.

• そんなおべっかはやめて、本ほん音ねを言いってよ。

  Stop the flattery and tell me what you really think.