Vocab Info
N1 Noun
世辞flattery, compliment
Dictionary Definition
Noun
1.
flattery, compliment
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All Forms
世辞 【せじ】
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Examples
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世辞が上手い人は出世をします。
People who are good at flattery get ahead in life.
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上司の機嫌を良くするために世辞を言った。
I flattered my boss to improve their mood.
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口先だけの世辞には、何の意味も込められていません。
There's no real meaning in insincere compliments.
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心にもない世辞をスラスラと言える人は詐欺師に向いています。
People who can smoothly speak insincere flattery are well-suited to be fraudsters.
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見えすいた世辞を言われても嬉しくともなんともないことは明らかだ。
It’s pretty clear that being given blatantly obvious flattery doesn’t make someone happy at all.
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