お世辞 flattery, kissing up

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 12:49

お世辞

flattery, kissing up

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner \| I = Intermediate \| A = Advanced
お世辞 o se ji flattery, kissing up	お o I believe this o is used to sarcastically give it an honorific feel 世 se world, generation 辞 ji word, resign (from a post)	ごますり goma suri - means the same as oseji ; kissing up... ; [lit. rubbing seseme] [I] 世界 se kai - the world [B] 辞書 ji sho - dictionary [B]

This is the hand motion which means kissing up.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

世界の支配者と言われると、お世辞でもうれしい。
sekai no shihaisha to iwareru to, oseji demo ureshii.
Call me the dictator of the world and I will be happy, even if its only flattery.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

世界 se kai - The world
支配者 shi hai sha - ruler the 者 indicates a person
と言われると to iwareru to - said the first TO quotes the previous line and the second TO connects to the second part of the sentence
でも demo - even if... This is different from the DEMO meaning BUT.
うれしい ureshii - happy