虚飾

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

• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

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”]‎^[1], 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.