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    3. 虚礼

    虚礼

    虚きょ礼れい

    empty (useless) formalities

    KMT10News #46+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    きょれい

    Noun

    1.
    empty (useless) formalities

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    虚きょ礼れいは必い要らない。

    Empty formalities are unnecessary.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    彼かれは虚きょ礼れいを嫌きらうタイプだ。

    He is the type who dislikes empty formalities.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは、虚きょ礼れいよりも実じっ質しつが重じゅう視しされる傾けい向こうにある。

    In modern society, substance tends to be valued more than empty formalities.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    日に本ほんのビジネス文ぶん化かには、時ときに虚きょ礼れいと感かんじられる習しゅう慣かんがある。

    In Japanese business culture, there are customs that can sometimes feel like empty formalities.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsBusiness & Finance
    伝でん統とう的てきな儀ぎ式しきの中なかには、虚きょ礼れいと見みなされがちなものもある。

    Among traditional ceremonies, some tend to be regarded as empty formalities.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    虚
    むな.しい・うつ.ろ…(2)
    void・emptiness・unpreparedness・crack・fissure…(1)
    礼
    salute・bow・ceremony・thanks・remuneration
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