迷言

Japanese
Kanji in this term
迷 言
めい
Grade: 5		 げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Modification of 名言 (meigen, “wise saying”) by replacing 名 (“famous”) with 迷 (“lost”).

Pronunciation

Noun

迷言 (hiragana めいげん, rōmaji meigen)

  1. sayings that seem wise but are actually meaningless
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