あいきょう

[愛敬， 愛嬌] amiability

【U】愛想のよさ.

◇→愛敬のある (愛嬌のある)

¶→愛敬を振りまく (愛嬌を振りまく)

愛郷
love for one's hometown
愛敬
love and respect
愛嬌
charm
attractiveness
courtesy

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あいきょう【愛敬， 愛嬌】

amiability

〖U〗愛想のよさ.

◇ → 愛敬のある (愛嬌のある)

¶ → 愛敬を振りまく (愛嬌を振りまく)

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あいきょう【愛嬌】

1 〔愛らしさ〕 charm; (特に女性･子供の) attractiveness; winsomeness.

●愛嬌たっぷりだ be overflowing [beaming] with smiles.

●愛嬌がある be charming; be attractive

・彼女は目元に愛嬌がある. She has charming eyes.

●愛嬌のある[いい] charming; attractive; winning 《ways》; pleasant 《manner》; winsome 《smiles》; 〔愛想のいい〕 sociable; affable; amiable

・愛嬌のある失敗 a humorous mistake; an amusing blunder

・猿は愛嬌のある動物だ. Monkeys are charming animals.

●愛嬌を振りまく make oneself charming 《to sb》; go out of one's way to appear attractive [charming]

・来日したその女優は片言の日本語で愛嬌を振りまいた. The actress visiting Japan used her halting Japanese to make herself charming to everyone she met.

●女は愛嬌, 男は度胸. In a woman, charm; in a man, courage.

2 〔愛想のよさ〕 courtesy; ingratiating behavior.

●愛嬌がある be affable; be courteous; try [make an effort, go out of one's way] to be pleasant [nice, friendly]; make oneself agreeable

・愛嬌がない be curt [short] 《with sb》; be unfriendly; be disagreeable; be discourteous; make no effort to be pleasant [nice, friendly]

・人間あまり堅物で愛嬌がないのもつまらない. A person who's always deadly serious and never loosens up is very uninteresting.

●こんなふうにミスが重なるとご愛嬌ですまなくなる. It ceases to be funny if you keep on committing blunders like this.

●ではご愛嬌に一曲歌います. And now, by way of entertainment, I will sing a song for you.

・今日はご愛嬌に 50 円まけておきましょう. And today I'll knock off 50 yen as a special discount.

●愛嬌を振りまく spread compliments around; make oneself pleasant 《to sb》; ingratiate oneself 《with sb》; 《口》 turn on the charm

・選挙直前とあって, その町に行くと候補者は盛んに愛嬌を振りまいていた. As it was just before the election, the candidate really turned on the charm when he visited the town.

●〔勝負に負けて〕 今日は愛嬌, 愛嬌. 次はこうは行かないぞ. I wasn't really playing seriously today. It'll be a different matter next time, you'll see.

愛嬌ぼくろ a beauty spot.

愛嬌者 a pleasant person [man, woman, girl]; 〔男性〕 a jolly fellow; 〔女性〕 a charming [an attractive] girl; 〔動物〕 a funny [cute, charming] animal.