二枚舌(にまいじた)

にまいじた
noun
double-talk; duplicity; speaking with a forked tongue
communicationpersonality
1. double-talk; duplicity; speaking with a forked tongue
Saying contradictory things to different people, or contradicting one's own earlier words; deceitful, two-faced speech.
彼(かれ)は二枚舌(にまいじた)だ。
He's two-faced.
二枚舌(にまいじた)を使(つか)う人(ひと)は信用(しんよう)できない。
You can't trust someone who talks out of both sides of their mouth.
相手(あいて)によって言(い)うことを変(か)える二枚舌(にまいじた)な態度(たいど)に腹(はら)が立(た)った。
I was angry at his two-faced way of changing what he said depending on the listener.

Literally 'two tongues.' Almost always used with 使(つか)う in the set phrase 二枚舌(にまいじた)を使(つか)う (to engage in double-talk).

Common collocations

  • 二枚舌(にまいじた)を使(つか)う: to say two different things; to be deceitful

Similar words

  • 裏表(うらおもて)がある: to be two-faced — having a hidden side different from the public one
  • うそつき: a liar — the plain word for someone who tells untruths

Related Words

Compare: 嘘(うそ)つき (a liar)
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Added 2026.5.19 12:07 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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