How to say "fabrication" in Japanese
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- 捏造ねつぞうnoun, suru verb, transitive verbFabrication as deliberately inventing falsehoods and passing them off as true: made-up data, evidence, or stories. The word that fits scandals over fabricated research or reporting.
- 偽造ぎぞうsuru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveFabrication in the sense of forgery or counterfeiting — producing fake versions of real things such as documents or money. Rarely the word for inventing stories or data from nothing.
- 絵空事えそらごとnounRefers to fanciful, unrealistic things — daydreams, empty fantasies, plans that will never happen. Its 'fabrication' sense is closer to pipe dream than to deliberate deception.
- 虚構きょこうsuru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveFabrication as fiction — an invented story or constructed unreality, whether in literature or an account known to be concocted. Emphasizes the thing's status as something made up rather than real.
- 偽りいつわりno-adjectiveA general word for lies and falsehoods; fabrication as deceit — things said or presented that are untrue. Suits talk of deception and dishonesty rather than specific forged objects.
Use 捏造 for inventing false data or stories passed off as true, 偽造 for forging documents or money, 虚構 for constructed fiction, 絵空事 for unrealistic fantasies, and 「偽り」 for lies and deceit in general.
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