Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 八方美人(はっぽうびじん) in Japanese

八方美人
Kana Reading
はっぽうびじん
Romaji
happōbijin
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    one who is affable to everybody; a flunky; person beautiful from all angles; everybody's friend; person who shows people what they want to see
    Example sentence
    八方美人 He's everybody's friend.

Examples of 八方美人, はっぽうびじん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

9 strokes

beauty, beautiful

On'Yomi: ビ, ミ

Kun'Yomi: うつく.しい

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JLPT 5

2 strokes

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

On'Yomi: ハチ

Kun'Yomi: や, や.つ, やっ.つ, よう

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

direction, person, alternative

On'Yomi: ホウ

Kun'Yomi: かた, -かた, -がた

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JLPT 5

2 strokes

person

On'Yomi: ジン, ニン

Kun'Yomi: ひと, -り, -と

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