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).
He's always sucking up to his boss.
Stop the flattery and tell me what you really think.
The origin is uncertain. It may be related to おべんちゃら (flattery) or derived from a mimetic word, but the exact derivation is unclear.