Frequency rank: 2,715.
- showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- すがた姿・かたち形・しきさい色彩・ずがら図柄などが、めだって目立ってはなやか華やかであること..
- けんかはやく喧嘩早く、ものみたかく物見高く、まちなか町中みえをはりたがり見栄を張りたがり、うらだな裏店のやぶれ破れしょうじ障子のなか中にくすぶっても、さんがつ三月のひな雛のせっく節句にはしょうばいどうぐ商売道具をしつ質においてもひなだん雛段をかざり飾り、むすめ娘にはねんじゅう年中はで派手ないしょう衣裳をきせて着せて、しゃみせん三味線をならわせ習わせ、おどり踊をしこむ仕込むというまち町であった..きごう(おだ織田さくのすけ作之助きごう『ようふ妖婦きごう』きごう)
- こうどう行動・たいど態度などがおおげさ大げさでひとめをひく人目を引くこと..
Example sentences
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Don't think about leaving money for your kids, use it all up and enjoy yourself with flair.
We did not think her loud dress was appropriate for the time and place.
I fell down really hard and got a black bruise on my knee.
A conservative tie is preferable to a loud one for a job interview.
About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction, so instead of doing it on a shoestring, why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?
Can you match this coat with something a little more colorful?
This fantasy book is a succession of really flashy magical spells and that makes it boring instead.
Tom came to the coming-of-age ceremony in super flashy haori and hakama.