"綺麗事" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kʲiɾe̞ːɡo̞to̞] Forms: 綺麗事 [canonical] (ruby: (), (れい), (ごと)), kireigoto [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|きれいごと}} 綺(き)麗(れい)事(ごと) • (kireigoto)
  1. lip service; promising but empty talk
    Sense id: en-綺麗事-ja-noun-oznT0WmA Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41
  2. skillful completion of a task
    Sense id: en-綺麗事-ja-noun-WiRUyaiB Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51
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          "english": "Spitting out grandiose bullcrap about freedom, justice, equality and whatnot. You hypocritical bullying assholes are getting on my nerves!",
          "ref": "2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “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—], kanzenban edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 133:",
          "roman": "Toku ni jiyū da seigi da byōdō da no to kireigoto o hakimakuru gizensha yarō no ijime wa mukatsuite tamaranē!",
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            [
              "自由",
              "じゆう"
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              "びょうどう"
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              "綺麗事",
              "きれいごと"
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              "吐",
              "は"
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            [
              "偽善者野郎",
              "ぎぜんしゃやろう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "特に自由だ正義だ平等だのと綺麗事を吐きまくる偽善者野郎のイジメはムカついてたまらねえ!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"Do your best to live out your life\", that's just fine-sounding talk.",
          "ref": "2016, “生きていたんだよな”, in あいみょん (lyrics), 生きていたんだよな, performed by あいみょん:",
          "roman": "“Ima aru inochi o seiippai ikinasai” nante kireigoto da na",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
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            [
              "命",
              "いのち"
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              "せいいっぱいい"
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            [
              "綺麗事",
              "きれいごと"
            ]
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          "text": "「今ある命を精一杯生きなさい」なんて 綺麗事だな",
          "type": "quote"
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        "lip service; promising but empty talk"
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      "ipa": "[kʲiɾe̞ːɡo̞to̞]"
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          "english": "Spitting out grandiose bullcrap about freedom, justice, equality and whatnot. You hypocritical bullying assholes are getting on my nerves!",
          "ref": "2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “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—], kanzenban edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 133:",
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              "綺麗事",
              "きれいごと"
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              "偽善者野郎",
              "ぎぜんしゃやろう"
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          "english": "\"Do your best to live out your life\", that's just fine-sounding talk.",
          "ref": "2016, “生きていたんだよな”, in あいみょん (lyrics), 生きていたんだよな, performed by あいみょん:",
          "roman": "“Ima aru inochi o seiippai ikinasai” nante kireigoto da na",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "いのち"
            ],
            [
              "精一杯生",
              "せいいっぱいい"
            ],
            [
              "綺麗事",
              "きれいごと"
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        "lip service; promising but empty talk"
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      "ipa": "[kʲiɾe̞ːɡo̞to̞]"
    }
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