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令色【れいしょく】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

fawning look (on one's face); servile look
good complexionarchaism

Forms

令色【れいしょく】
れいしょく

Example sentences

2 results

1. こうげんれいしょく巧言令色すくなし少なしひとし仁。

Fair words butter no parsnips.

2. あいつはくちばかり口ばかりで、せいい誠意がないね。こうげんれいしょく巧言令色すくなし少なしひとし仁とはよくいったもんだ。

They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.

令色【れいしょく】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

fawning look (on one's face); servile look
good complexionarchaism

Forms

令色【れいしょく】
れいしょく

Example sentences

2 results

1. こうげんれいしょく巧言令色すくなし少なしひとし仁。

Fair words butter no parsnips.

2. あいつはくちばかり口ばかりで、せいい誠意がないね。こうげんれいしょく巧言令色すくなし少なしひとし仁とはよくいったもんだ。

They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.

令

N24

意orders; laws; command; decree; good

音レイ

名のり、りょう、れ

色

N42

意color

訓いろ

音ショク、シキ

名しか、しこ