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美辞麗句 (びじれいく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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His speech was full of flowery words and lacked concrete proposals.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 美び 辞じ 麗れい 句く で 飾かざ る to dress something up with flowery language
He dressed up his failure in flowery language when he reported it.
美び 辞じ 麗れい 句く を 並なら べる to string together flowery phrases
The politician just strung together flowery phrases without offering any concrete plan.
美び 辞じ 麗れい 句く に 惑まど わされる to be misled by fine-sounding words
Don't be fooled by fine-sounding words—please check the actual content carefully.
Kanji 麗 lovely, beautiful, graceful 句 phrase, clause, sentence Related words 口先 emphasizes a speaker's superficial or insincere talk, while 美辞麗句 emphasizes the ornate, flowery language itself.
修辞 is a neutral term for rhetorical technique, whereas 美辞麗句 specifically implies empty or insincere embellishment.
甘言 refers to sweet-sounding flattery meant to persuade, while 美辞麗句 refers more broadly to elaborate, showy phrasing that sounds impressive but is hollow.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 美 (beautiful), 辞 (words), 麗 (lovely), and 句 (phrases). The combination literally means 'beautiful words and lovely phrases,' and has been used since classical Chinese literature to describe ornate but empty rhetoric.
