- 格式張る
- かくしきばる【格式張る】〔形式張る〕 stand on ceremony; be punctilious about ceremony; be (too) formal; (over-)emphasize form.
●格式張った over-formal; ceremonious; pompous; 〔固苦しい〕 stiff; mannered; pompous. [⇒かたくるしい]
・格式張った挨拶はこれくらいにして乾杯に移りたいと存じます. Well, that's enough of formality. Let's move on to the toast. | I think I've spent long enough on the formalities; now for the toast!
・僕のような田舎者はこんな格式張ったレストランではゆったりと食事ができない. A country bumpkin like me can't relax in a formal [posh, stuck-up] restaurant like this.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.