Word Meaning 甘言は偶人を喜ばす

かんげんはぐうじんをよろこばす kangen ha guujin o yorokobasu

甘言は偶人を喜ばす is read as かんげんはぐうじんをよろこばす (kangen ha guujin o yorokobasu) and means sweet words only please a fool.

Meaning

English

sweet words only please a fool
flattery works on puppets and fools

Reading

Kana

かんげんはぐうじんをよろこばす

Romaji

kangen ha guujin o yorokobasu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 122105 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

甘言

かんげん

sweet words

甘い言葉

あまいことば

alluring words

甘言蜜語

かんげんみつご

honeyed words

人工甘味料

じんこうかんみりょう

artificial sweetener

言葉に甘える

ことばにあまえる

to accept a kind offer

人間宣言

にんげんせんげん

Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)

世界人権宣言

せかいじんけんせんげん

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

人権宣言

じんけんせんげん

Declaration of the Rights of Man (during the French Revolution; 1789)

天皇人間宣言

てんのうにんげんせんげん

Imperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)

人間環境宣言

にんげんかんきょうせんげん

Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972)

他人に厳しく自分に甘い

たにんにきびしくじぶんにあまい

hard on others but easy on oneself

偶人

ぐうじん

puppet