佞ねい弁べん

noun

flattery; cajolery; adulation

Rare, literary term for insincere, smooth-talking flattery. Often carries a negative connotation of manipulative or deceitful praise.

• 彼かれのねいべんに乗のせられて、つい契けい約やくしてしまった。

  I was taken in by his smooth flattery and ended up signing the contract.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには佞ねい弁べんの人じん物ぶつがよく登とう場じょうする。

  Characters skilled in flattery often appear in classical literature.