- irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire
- unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned
- (only) surface; something superficial
- skin and bone; bodyarchaismliteral meaning
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.