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皮肉 ひにく N2

  1. cynicism; irony; sarcasm; satire
  2. different from what one expected; not as one had planned; unexpected
  3. (only) surface; something superficial
  4. body; skin and bone

皮肉なことに ひにくなことに

  1. ironically

皮肉にも ひにくにも

  1. as irony would have it; in a nice little twist; ironically enough

皮肉る ひにくる

  1. to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to mock; to satirize

皮肉屋 ひにくや

  1. ironist; sarcastic person; satirist; sharp tongue

運命の皮肉 うんめいのひにく

  1. irony of fate; twist of fate
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