Word Meaning 社交辞令

しゃこうじれい shakoujirei

社交辞令 is read as しゃこうじれい (shakoujirei) and means something said for politeness' sake.

Meaning

English

something said for politeness' sake
diplomatic language
honeyed words
lip service
empty compliment

Reading

Kana

しゃこうじれい

Romaji

shakoujirei

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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外交辞令

がいこうじれい

diplomatic turn of phrase

社長命令

しゃちょうめいれい

order from the company president

社交的

しゃこうてき

sociable

辞令

じれい

notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.)

新聞辞令

しんぶんじれい

appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong)

社交

しゃこう

social life

社交界

しゃこうかい

high society

社交性

しゃこうせい

sociability

社交不安障害

しゃこうふあんしょうがい

social anxiety disorder

研究社新和英大辞典

けんきゅうしゃしんわえいだいじてん

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary

日本交通公社

にほんこうつうこうしゃ

Japan Travel Bureau Foundation (JTB)

社会党

しゃかいとう

Socialist Party