虚飾

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
虚 飾
きょ
Grade: S 		しょく
Grade: S
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spelling
虛飾 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

虚(きょ)飾(しょく) • (kyoshoku) 

  1. ostentation, style without substance
    • 2014, Machizawa Shizuo, “Hito no me” o ki ni suru no wa yamenasai [Stop worrying about “strangers’ eyes”]‎, page 66:
      どんなに格(かっ)好(こう)悪(わる)くても、見(み)栄(え)や虚(きょ)飾(しょく)などを捨(す)て、ありのままの自(じ)分(ぶん)をさらけ出(だ)し、自(し)然(ぜん)体(たい)で人(ひと)とつき合(あ)える人(ひと)は、周(まわ)りの人(ひと)の信(しん)頼(らい)を集(あつ)めます。
      Donna ni kakkō warukute mo, mie ya kyoshoku nado o sute, ari no mama no jibun o sarake dashi, shizentai de hito to tsukiaeru hito wa, mawari no hito no shinrai o atsumemasu.
      No matter how unattractive, a person who discards pretension and ostentation, who presents herself as she is and interacts with people in a natural way, gains the trust of those around her.
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