Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “美辞麗句”

美辞麗句

びじれいく

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

Example sentence

When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

美

On: び;み
Kun: うつく.しい
Stroke count: 9

・beauty

・beautiful

辞

On: じ
Kun: や.める;いな.む
Stroke count: 13

・resign

・word

・term

・expression

麗

On: れい
Kun: うるわ.しい;うら.らか
Stroke count: 19

・lovely

・beautiful

・graceful

・resplendent

句

On: く
Kun: —
Stroke count: 5

・phrase

・clause

・sentence

・passage

・paragraph

・counter for haiku