Diplomatic language

Japanese: 外交辞令 - がいこうじれい
Diplomatic language
Words that are merely used to whitewash one's relationship with others. Flowery words that are just lip service. Flattery.

[Example] I don't think I have the right to force such anguished repentance on my students just because I'm a teacher. No, this is my diplomatic way of saying it. [Yojiro Ishizaka *Young People | 1933-37]

[Example] I had no way of guessing whether he was using the phrase as a diplomatic rhetoric to express the fervor and thoroughness of his beliefs or as a familiar refrain. [Kaiko Takeshi * Summer Darkness | 1971]

Source: Dictionary of Four-character Idioms About Dictionary of Four-character Idioms Information

Japanese:
他人との応対をうまくするためだけの、表面をつくろった愛想のよいことば。口先だけの美辞麗句。おせじ。

[使用例] 私は私が教師であるだけの理由で、かくも苦悩に満たされた懺悔を私の生徒に強いる権利があろうとは思わない。いや、これは私の外交辞令だ[石坂洋次郎*若い人|1933~37]

[使用例] 外交辞令として彼が自身の信条の熱烈と徹底を表明したくていい慣れた科白としてそういったのか、どうか、私には察するすべがなかった[開高健*夏の闇|1971]

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