慇懃無礼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慇 懃 無 礼
いん
Hyōgaiji
ぎん
Hyōgaiji
ぶ
Grade: 4
れい
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
慇懃無禮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 慇懃 (ingin, “polite”) +‎ 無礼 (burei, “rude”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いんぎんぶ​れー [ìńgíńbúꜜrèè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ĩŋʲɡʲĩmbɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ː]

Noun

慇(いん)懃(ぎん)無(ぶ)礼(れい) • (inginburei) 

  1. hypocritical courtesy; superficially polite but rude in intent; politely impolite

Adjective

慇(いん)懃(ぎん)無(ぶ)礼(れい) • (inginburei) -na (adnominal 慇(いん)懃(ぎん)無(ぶ)礼(れい)な (inginburei na), adverbial 慇(いん)懃(ぎん)無(ぶ)礼(れい)に (inginburei ni))

  1. hypocritical courtesy; superficially polite but rude in intent; politely impolite
    あいつの慇(いん)懃(ぎん)無(ぶ)礼(れい)なものの言(い)い方(かた)、思(おも)い出(だ)すだけで不(ふ)愉(ゆ)快(かい)になるよ。
    Aitsu no inginburei na mono no iikata, omoidasu dake de fuyukai ni naru yo.
    I find just the memory of his overly polite, patronizing manner really offensive.

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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