Word Meaning 八方美人

はっぽうびじん happoubijin

八方美人 is read as はっぽうびじん (happoubijin) and means flawlessly beautiful woman.

Meaning

English

flawlessly beautiful woman
flawless beauty
everybody's friend
people pleaser
person who is affable to everybody
flunky

Reading

Kana

はっぽうびじん

Romaji

happoubijin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八方円満

はっぽうえんまん

to the satisfaction of all parties

八割方

はちわりがた

about 80%

八方破れ

はっぽうやぶれ

full of holes (e.g. argument)

美人

びじん

beautiful woman

月下美人

げっかびじん

Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

不美人

ふびじん

plain woman

年増美人

としまびじん

woman of mature beauty

マスク美人

ますくびじん

woman who looks very attractive with a surgical mask on

性格美人

せいかくびじん

woman with a wonderful personality

八方

はっぽう

large hanging lantern

八方手を尽くす

はっぽうてをつくす

to try all possible means

八丈方言

はちじょうほうげん

Hachijō dialects

Example Sentences

八方美人に友はなし。

A friend to all is a friend to none.