How to say "fiddle" in Japanese

• フィドル
  nounCovers the noun sense: the bowed string instrument — the violin when called a fiddle — typically in folk or traditional music. A loanword, and less common, so not the everyday word for the instrument.
• ごまかすJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers the verb sense 'to fiddle' meaning to falsify or misrepresent, as in fiddling the accounts. A common word, usually written in kana; its nuance is deception, making things look other than they are.
  彼かれらは税金ぜいきんを逃のがれるために帳ちょうじりをごまかした。↗

  They falsified the account balances to evade the tax.

Use 「フィドル」 for the instrument sense of 'fiddle' (a violin, typically in folk music), and 「ごまかす」 for the verb sense of falsifying, misrepresenting or tampering, as with accounts or figures.

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• フィドルfiddle
• ごまかすto falsify