N2592/1725

皮ひ肉にく

nounnoun (generic)な adjectiveadjective (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のarchaic

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ひにく

Meanings

irony, sarcasm, cynicism, satire
unexpected, different from what one expected, not as one had planned
(only) surface, something superficial
skin and bone, body

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょの言葉ことばには皮肉ひにくが込こめられていた。

Her words were filled with sarcasm.

皮肉ひにくなことに、雨あめを避さけようとして川かわに落おちてしまった。

Ironically, in trying to avoid the rain, he ended up falling into the river.

彼かれは皮肉ひにくを込こめた笑えみを浮うかべながら答こたえた。

He answered with a sardonic smile on his face.

そんな皮肉ひにくな言いい方かたをしなくてもいいじゃないか。

You don't have to put it in such a sarcastic way, do you?

人生じんせいの皮肉ひにくとでも言いうべきか、最もっとも成功せいこうを収おさめたのは誰だれもが失敗しっぱいすると思おもっていた彼かれだった。

Call it one of life's ironies — the one who achieved the greatest success was the very person everyone had expected to fail.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)