ご機き嫌げん取とり

noun

currying favor; sucking up; being anxious to please

Refers to the act of trying to win someone's favor, often with a negative connotation of insincere flattery or excessive eagerness to please.

See also: 機嫌取り

• 彼かれは上じょう司しにご機き嫌げん取とりばかりしている。

  He's always sucking up to his boss.

• ご機き嫌げん取とりのつもりで言いったのに、逆ぎゃくに怒おこらせてしまった。

  I said it to get on their good side, but it ended up making them angry instead.

noun

bootlicker; sycophant; flatterer

Used to refer to a person who habitually curries favor; often derogatory.

See also: 機嫌取り

• あいつはただのご機き嫌げん取とりだ。

  That guy is just a bootlicker.