How to say "mock" in Japanese

• 疑似ぎじCommon
  prenominal modifierCovers 'mock' in the sense of imitation or sham — a false or quasi version of the real thing, as in mock leather; it does not cover the verb meaning 'to ridicule'.
• 見せ掛けみせかけCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'mock' describing feelings or behavior that are put on for show rather than genuine, such as mock modesty or mock surprise; the emphasis is on outward appearance masking the truth.
  彼女かのじょの涙なみだはほんの見みせかけであった。↗

  Her tears were just for effect.
• 皮肉るひにくるCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb 'to mock': to ridicule a person or thing by making cynical or sarcastic remarks about them, or to satirize; the mockery is verbal and barbed.

For 'mock' as imitation or sham use 疑似, for pretended feelings or behavior that is mere show use 「見せ掛け」, and for the verb meaning to ridicule with sarcastic or cynical remarks use 「皮肉る」.

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• 疑似ぎじpseudo
• 見せ掛けみせかけseeming
• 皮肉るひにくるto make a cynical remark (about)
• 模するもするto imitate
• あざ笑うあざわらうto laugh at
• 模すもすto imitate
• 舐め腐るなめくさるto look down on
• えせfalse
• なぶるto ridicule
• 囃すはやすto jeer
• はやし立てるはやしたてるto jeer