綺麗事

Japanese
Kanji in this term
綺 麗 事
き
Jinmeiyō		 れい
Grade: S		 こと > ごと
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きれーごと [kìréégótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) きれーご​と [kìréégóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɾe̞ːɡo̞to̞]

Noun

綺(き)麗(れい)事(ごと) • (kireigoto) 

  1. lip service; promising but empty talk
    • 2006 July 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第(だい)五幕(まく)　「喧(けん)嘩(か)の男(おとこ)」 [Act 5: “Man of Brawls”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], volume 1 (fiction), kanzenban edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 133:
      特(とく)に自由(じゆう)だ正義(せいぎ)だ平等(びょうどう)だのと綺麗事(きれいごと)を吐(は)きまくる偽善者野郎(ぎぜんしゃやろう)のイジメはムカついてたまらねえ！
      Toku ni jiyū da seigi da byōdō da no to kireigoto o hakimakuru gizensha yarō no ijime wa mukatsuite tamaranē!
      Spitting out grandiose bullcrap about freedom, justice, equality and whatnot. You hypocritical bullying assholes are getting on my nerves!
    • 2016, あいみょん (lyrics), “生きていたんだよな”, in 生きていたんだよな, performed by あいみょん:
      「今(いま)ある命(いのち)を精一杯生(せいいっぱいい)きなさい」なんて　綺麗事(きれいごと)だな
      “Ima aru inochi o seiippai ikinasai” nante kireigoto da na
      "Do your best to live out your life", that's just fine-sounding talk.
  2. skillful completion of a task

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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