令色

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: 4
しょく
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

From the Analects of Confucius.

Literally “good looks”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーしょく [rèéshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾe̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(れい)(しょく) • (reishoku) 

  1. assuming deliberately nice and courteous looks in order to curry favor with someone; wearing a sycophantic expression
    (こう)(げん)(れい)(しょく)(すくな)(じん)
    Kōgen reishoku sukunashi jin
    Honey words and flattering looks mean scarce benevolence in those who use them.

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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