00908483-a 'substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one';
 
English euphemistic ( ) , inoffensive
Japanese 婉曲 , 差し障りのない
Definitions
English
substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
`peepee' is a common euphemistic term
Japanese
きつく、悪い言葉にかえてやさしい言葉にする
「ピーピー」は共通の婉曲表現用語である
Relations
Antonym: dysphemistic
Semantic Field: alla
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SUMO: ⊂ SubjectiveStrongPositiveAttribute

TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.000; Future: 0.128)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.62) MLSentiCon: (+0.38 -0.38)


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