Practice JLPTMeaning
皮肉 (ひにく, hiniku) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “cynicism,sarcasm”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
彼は 皮肉ばかり 言います。
He always says sarcastic things.
彼はいつも 私に 皮肉を 言う。
He always makes cynical remarks to me.
彼女は 彼の 皮肉がわかるだろう。
She will perceive his irony.
彼女は 少し 皮肉っぽく 話した。
She spoke with a suggestion of sarcasm in her voice.
彼の 皮肉はあなたに 向けてではない。
His ironical remarks are not directed at you.
彼は 少しばかり 皮肉っぽく 話した。
He spoke with a suggestion of sarcasm in his voice.
彼の 皮肉 意見はあなたに 向けてではない。
His ironical remarks are not directed at you.
彼の 皮肉は 君に 向けられたものではない。
His ironical remarks aren't directed at you.
彼は 私を 見て 皮肉な 微笑を 浮かべた。
He smiled a cynical smile at me.
声の 調子は 怒りや 皮肉を 示すことがある。
Tone of voice can indicate anger and irony.
彼の 演説には 少し 皮肉っぽいところがあった。
There was a touch of irony in his speech.
深川の無頼者たちを仲間にする三五郎が、父の旧主の困窮のために人を騙すのに対して、結局のところ痴情によって多数の人を斬り殺す源五兵衛が、最終的には数右衛門に戻って晴れて義士の列に加わる点において、不条理な身分の違いを、暗に、しかし強烈に、南北は皮肉っているとされている。
It is said that Nanboku satirized the unreasonable hierarchical society indirectly and severely by depicting the outcomes of main two characters' lives; although Sangoro is just a ruffian of the common people's town Fukagawa, he cheats a person to save his father's ex-master who has been in difficulties; however, although Gengobe murders many people by passions, at last he sheds his disguise and as real himself Kazuemon, joins the group of the loyal samurai with no shame.