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There are 15 total results for your 世辞 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

世辞

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 seji
    せじ
(usu. お〜) (See お世辞) flattery; compliment

世辞者

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 sejimono
    せじもの
flatterer; someone skilled at flattery

お世辞

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 oseiji / oseji
    おせじ
flattery; compliment

御世辞

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 oseiji / oseji
    おせじ
flattery; compliment

空世辞

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 karaseji
    からせじ
flattery; insincere praise; empty compliments

お世辞にも

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 oseijinimo / osejinimo
    おせじにも
(expression) by any standard

御世辞にも

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 oseijinimo / osejinimo
    おせじにも
(expression) by any standard

お世辞たらたら

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 osejitaratara
    おせじたらたら
(exp,adj-no) smarmy; unctuous; insincerely flattering; profuse compliments

Variations:
お世辞(P)
御世辞

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 oseji(p); oseiji / oseji(p); oseji
    おせじ(P); おせいじ
(See 世辞) flattery; compliment

Variations:
お世辞にも
御世辞にも

see styles
 osejinimo; oseijinimo / osejinimo; osejinimo
    おせじにも; おせいじにも
(expression) by any standard; (not) even as flattery

Variations:
お世辞を言う
お世辞をいう

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 osejioiu
    おせじをいう
(exp,v5u) to flatter; to pay empty compliments

Variations:
お世辞(P)
御世辞(sK)

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 oseji
    おせじ
flattery; compliment

お世辞にもうまいとはいえない

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 osejinimoumaitohaienai / osejinimomaitohaienai
    おせじにもうまいとはいえない
(exp,adj-i) With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

お世辞にもうまいとは言えない

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 osejinimoumaitohaienai / osejinimomaitohaienai
    おせじにもうまいとはいえない
(exp,adj-i) With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

Variations:
お世辞にも
御世辞にも(sK)

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 osejinimo; oseijinimo / osejinimo; osejinimo
    おせじにも; おせいじにも
(expression) by any standard; (not) even as flattery
This page contains 15 results for "世辞" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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