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おべっか使い (おべっかつかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

おべっか使つかい

Meanings

1

flatterer; toady; sycophant

A person who uses excessive flattery to gain favor; often carries a negative, servile connotation. Related to おべっか (flattery).

See also: おべっか

彼かれは上じょう司しのおべっか使つかいで、みんなに嫌きらわれている。
He is a flatterer of the boss and is disliked by everyone.

Kanji

使use, send on a mission, order

Related words

おべっか
おべっか is the act of flattery itself, while おべっか使い refers to the person who habitually flatters.
ごますり
ごますり is a more colloquial term for a flatterer or bootlicker, often used in casual speech.

Built from

おべっか使つかいばかりしていると、信しん用ようを失うしなうよ。

If you keep acting like a sycophant, you'll lose trust.

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Etymology

Compound of おべっか (flattery) and 使い (user, employer). The origin of おべっか is uncertain, but it may be related to おべんちゃら (flattery) or derived from a mimetic word.