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► 名詞
御世辞  [おせじ]    meaning:  flatter  rank: 2
☆ A:奥さんお若いですね B:また御世辞ばっかり ⇨ A:Ma’am, you look so young. B:That’s just flattery. You don’t really mean it
☆ 御世辞笑い ⇨ A fake laugh

御世辞  [おせじ]    meaning:  praise  rank: 2
☆ 彼は御世辞を言っているだけだ ⇨ He was just flattering  (☛ Can mean both being polite to praise, or insincere)


More examples:
  • 彼は御世辞を言っていたが、本心はどうだか ⇨ He was complimenting, but I don’t what he really thinks
  • 彼は心にも無い御世辞を連発する ⇨ He says insincere flatteries one after another
  • 彼は上司に御世辞たらたらだ ⇨ He’s spewing flattery for his boss, brown-nosing his boss