慇懃無礼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いん
Hyōgaiji
ぎん
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 4
れい
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
慇懃無禮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 慇懃 (ingin, polite) + 無礼 (burei, rude)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぎんぶれー [ìńgíńbúꜜrèè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ĩŋʲɡʲĩmbɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ː]

Noun

(いん)(ぎん)()(れい) • (inginburei) 

  1. hypocritical courtesy; superficially polite but rude in intent; politely impolite

Adjective

(いん)(ぎん)()(れい) • (inginburei) -na (adnominal (いん)(ぎん)()(れい) (inginburei na), adverbial (いん)(ぎん)()(れい) (inginburei ni))

  1. hypocritical courtesy; superficially polite but rude in intent; politely impolite
    あいつ(いん)(ぎん)()(れい)ものの()(かた)(おも)()だけで()()(かい)になるよ。
    Aitsu no inginburei na mono no iikata, omoidasu dake de fuyukai ni naru yo.
    I find just the memory of his overly polite, patronizing manner really offensive.

Inflection

References

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