Word Meaning 麗句

れいく reiku

麗句 is read as れいく (reiku) and means elegant phrase.

Meaning

English

elegant phrase

Reading

Kana

れいく

Romaji

reiku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 142389 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

美辞麗句

びじれいく

flowery words

美辞麗句を連ねる

びじれいくをつらねる

to declaim

高句麗

こうくり

Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE)

麗人

れいじん

beautiful woman

麗日

れいじつ

glorious spring day

揚げ句

あげく

last line (of a renga)

文句

もんく

complaint

俳句

はいく

haiku

句

く

phrase

絶句

ぜっく

jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

慣用句

かんようく

idiom

禁句

きんく

taboo word

Example Sentences

そんなに美辞麗句を並べられると、かえって嘘に聞こえるよね。

When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.