追つい従しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

flattery; sycophancy; adulation

Refers to insincere praise or excessive flattery, often with the nuance of currying favor. Commonly used in the phrase 追従を言う (to flatter).

• 彼かれは上じょう司しに追つい従しょうを言いってばかりいる。

  He is always flattering his boss.