empty show; frivolity; levity
Literary or formal term for superficial glitter, vain display, or lack of seriousness. Often used in critical or moralistic contexts.
彼の生活は浮華に満ちていたが、中身は空っぽだった。
His life was full of empty show, but it was hollow inside.
浮華な装飾を排し、簡素
They eliminated frivolous decoration and adopted a simple design.
frivolity; superficiality; fickleness
Compound of 浮 (floating, superficial) and 華 (splendor, flower), suggesting surface-level brilliance without depth. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of vain display.