お世辞 flattery; kissing up

お世辞(せじ)

flattery; kissing up


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 - similar to oseji ; kissing up... ; [lit. rubbing seseme] [I] 世界 se kai - the world [B] 辞書 ji sho - dictionary [B]

This hand motion means "kissing up" and represents grinding sesame.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

世界(せかい)の支配者(しはいしゃ)と言(い)われると、お世辞(せじ)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 - if you say [the first と quotes the previous line and the second と connects to the second part of the sentence]
でも demo - even if...
うれしい ureshii - happy

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