びじれいく
Bijireiku
美辞麗句 (Bijireiku) is a Japanese noun meaning “flowery words, rhetorical flourishes”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival nounflowery words; rhetorical flourishes
Examples
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).