noun, takes genitive case の

Messages.yoji.
  1. flowery words, rhetorical flourishes.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
美辞麗句 びじれいく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

beauty, beautiful
ビ うつく.しい よし (3rd, N3)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
resign, word, term
や.める ジ いな.む (4th, N3)
tongue, reed, clapper
した ゼツ (6th, N1)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
spicy, bitter, hot
つら.い シン から.い (Late Jr. High, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
lovely, beautiful, graceful
レイ うるわ.しい り (Early Jr. High, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
deer
か しか ロク (4th, N1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
ko
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
compare, race, ratio
ヒ くら.べる い (5th, N2)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
phrase, clause, sentence
ク すく (5th, N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)