Words — 30 found
1. sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
1. amorous glance; leer; ogle
2. shade (of color); tint; hue
4. Irome
ごます
胡麻擂り
1. sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; brown-nosing; sycophant; flatterer; toady; apple-polisher; brown-noser; ass-kisserUsually written using kana alone
2. sesame seed grindingUsually written using kana alone
ゴマすり
こしぎんちゃく
腰巾着
1. hanger-on; follower; flunky; sycophant
2. purse strapped round one's waist
腰ぎんちゃく 【こしぎんちゃく】
あゆべんねい
阿諛便佞
1. flattery; adulation; sycophancyYojijukugo (four character compound)
阿諛弁佞 【あゆべんねい】
げたゆき
下駄の雪
1. hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; snow stuck under a geta sandalIdiomatic expression, Derogatory, usu. in ref. to the smaller party in a coalition government
そんしゃさんゆう
損者三友
1. three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking onesYojijukugo (four character compound), Antonym: 益者三友, from Confucius
ちょうちんきじ
提灯記事
1. puff piece (in a newspaper, etc.); flatteringly exaggerated article; sycophantic articleSee also 提灯持ち