► 名詞
皮肉 [ひにく] meaning: irony rank: 2
☆ 運命の皮肉 ⇨ An irony of fate
皮肉 [ひにく] meaning: sarcasm rank: 2
☆ 彼は皮肉ばかり言っている ⇨ He is always throwing sarcasm
► 形容動詞
皮肉 [ひにく] meaning: irony rank: 2
☆ 皮肉な運命 ⇨ An ironic fate (☛ Never means sarcastic)
More examples:
- 彼は大変な皮肉屋だ ⇨ He is a very sarcastic person
- 皮肉なことに、世の中では潔癖な人は嫌われる ⇨ Ironically, society will hate an extremely moral and honest person
- 彼は私の言ったことを皮肉と受け取ったらしい ⇨ It looks like he received, interpreted, what I said as a sarcasm
- 彼はいつも他を皮肉るだけで何の解決策も提示しない ⇨ He is always sarcastic about others but never offers any solutions
- 彼は顔に皮肉っぽい笑いを浮かべた ⇨ He put a sarcastic smile on his face
- 彼は皮肉っぽい言い方をした ⇨ He said with a sarcastic tone
- 彼の言葉には皮肉な響きがあった ⇨ His comment had a cynical tone