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美辞麗句

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, No-adjective
flowery wordsrhetorical flourishes

Example Sentences

そんなに美辞麗句を並べられると、かえって嘘に聞こえるよね。

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

地域参加を呼びかけてもしょせんは美辞麗句、どのみち市役所はやりたいことを勝手にやるに決まっている。

The claim of community involvement is just window dressing; City Hall will do what it wants to anyhow.