Word Meaning 皮肉
ひにく
hiniku
皮肉 is read as ひにく (hiniku) and means (only) surface.
Meaning
English
- (only) surface
- something superficial
- skin and bone
- body
- unexpected
- different from what one expected
- not as one had planned
- irony
Reading
Kana
ひにく
Romaji
hiniku
Stroke Sequence
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5皮肉だな。
It's ironic.
彼女は皮肉を解さない。
She doesn't understand sarcasm.
それは皮肉に聞こえちゃうかもね。
That might come off as sarcastic.
彼の皮肉は君に向けられたものではない。
His ironical remarks aren't directed at you.
皮肉なことに戦争が数多くの有用な発明を生み出した。
Ironically it is war that has brought a great many useful inventions into being.