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鍍金

鍍金

See also: 镀金

Chinese

-plated; to plate metal; money; gold
trad. (鍍金)
simp. (镀金)

Verb

鍍金

  1. to gild; to gold plate
  2. (figuratively) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Grade: 1
Irregular

Alternative forms

  • 滅金

Noun

鍍金 (hiragana めっき, katakana メッキ, romaji mekki)

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

鍍金する (hiragana めっきする, katakana メッキする, romaji mekki suru)

  1. plate

Conjugation