両りょう舌ぜつ

noun

double-dealing; duplicity; two-facedness

Refers to the act of saying different things to different people, or being hypocritical. Often used in formal or literary contexts to describe untrustworthy behavior.

• 彼かれの両りょう舌ぜつな態たい度どに、周しゅう囲いは次し第だいに不ふ信しん感かんを募つのらせた。

  His double-dealing attitude gradually made those around him more distrustful.

• 政せい治じの世せ界かいでは、両りょう舌ぜつを使つかい分わけることが時ときに必ひつ要ようとされる。

  In the world of politics, it is sometimes necessary to speak with a forked tongue.