Word Meaning 皮肉

ひにく hiniku

皮肉 is read as ひにく (hiniku) and means (only) surface.

Meaning

English

  1. (only) surface
  2. something superficial
  3. skin and bone
  4. body
  5. unexpected
  6. different from what one expected
  7. not as one had planned
  8. irony

Reading

Kana

ひにく

Romaji

hiniku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 6128 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

皮肉る

ひにくる

to make a cynical remark (about)

皮肉屋

ひにくや

ironist

皮肉にも

ひにくにも

ironically enough

運命の皮肉

うんめいのひにく

irony of fate

かわ

mask (hiding one's true nature)

皮膚

ひふ

skin

皮切り

かわきり

beginning

皮膚病

ひふびょう

skin disease

皮革

ひかく

leather

皮算用

かわざんよう

over-optimistic calculation

皮膚科

ひふか

dermatology

Example Sentences

5

It's ironic.

She doesn't understand sarcasm.

That might come off as sarcastic.

His ironical remarks aren't directed at you.

Ironically it is war that has brought a great many useful inventions into being.