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jmdict 1566900 Active (id: 2237947)
慇懃無礼いんぎん無礼 [sK]
いんぎんぶれい
1. [adj-na,n] [yoji]
▶ superficially polite but actually rude
▶ rude under a veneer of politeness
▶ courteous on the surface but insolent at heart



History:
5. A 2023-05-19 01:27:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-05-18 21:40:35  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 慇懃無礼   │ 22,579 │ 98.2% │
│ いんぎん無礼 │    314 │  1.4% │ - add, sK (jitsuyou)
│ インギン無礼 │     89 │  0.4% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>いんぎん無礼</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2021-06-21 23:36:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2021-06-20 11:36:13  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, wisdom
  Diff:
@@ -14,2 +14,3 @@
-<gloss>hypocritical courtesy</gloss>
-<gloss>superficially polite but rude in intent</gloss>
+<gloss>superficially polite but actually rude</gloss>
+<gloss>rude under a veneer of politeness</gloss>
+<gloss>courteous on the surface but insolent at heart</gloss>
1. A 2014-08-25 01:12:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>

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