偽る・詐る|いつわるitsuwaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
偽る偽る（いつわる） is the most common form, written with kanji and kana; it is the default choice for beginners.
詐る詐る（いつわる） is a rarely used variant written with kanji and kana; learners will seldom need to choose it.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto lie; to pretend; to feign; to falsify
- godan verb, transitive verbto deceive; to trick
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 偽る（いつわる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 偽ります（いつわります） |
| Negative (nai) | 偽らない（いつわらない） |
| polite (masen) | 偽りません（いつわりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 偽らず・偽らぬ（いつわらず・いつわらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 偽った（いつわった） |
| polite (mashita) | 偽りました（いつわりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 偽らなかった（いつわらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 偽りませんでした（いつわりませんでした） |
| Te form | 偽って（いつわって） |
| Potential | 偽れる（いつわれる） |
| Passive | 偽られる（いつわられる） |
| Causative | 偽らせる（いつわらせる） |
| Causative passive | 偽らせられる・偽らされる（いつわらせられる・いつわらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 偽れば（いつわれば） |
| tara | 偽ったら（いつわったら） |
| Volitional | 偽ろう（いつわろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 偽りましょう（いつわりましょう） |
| Imperative | 偽れ（いつわれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym騙すだますNeutralThe most general word for tricking someone. 「偽る」 leans toward hiding the truth or misstating identity, as in 「年齢を偽る」, and usually takes facts as its object.
- SynonymごまかすCasualColloquial: glossing over, dodging, or covering things up, as in 「笑ってごまかす」. 「偽る」 is about deliberately saying what is false or misstating facts.
- Synonym欺くあざむくWrittenWritten: to deceive or mislead; also means to rival, as in 「昼を欺く明るさ」. 「偽る」 is about misstating facts.
- Synonym嘘をつくうそをつくNeutralThe most direct and common way to say 'tell a lie', limited to speech. 「偽る」 can also mean disguising your identity or hiding your true feelings.
- Related欺瞞ぎまんWrittenWritten: a noun (also verbal) for deception, abstract in tone, as in 「欺瞞に満ちた」. 「偽る」 is a concrete act of misstating facts.
- Related引っ掛けるひっかけるCasualColloquial: to set a trap and catch someone; its basic sense is to hang or hook something. 「偽る」 is about hiding the truth or misstating it.
- Related惑わすまどわすNeutralTo confuse people's minds or lead them astray, as in 「人心を惑わす」. 「偽る」 focuses on telling falsehoods and disguising things.
- RelatedインチキCasualColloquial: a noun or na-adjective for cheating or bogus goods. 「偽る」 is a verb for misrepresenting or disguising.
- Related丸め込むまるめこむCasualColloquial: to win someone over with smooth talk, leaning toward persuasion. 「偽る」 is about hiding the truth.
- Related改ざんかいざんWrittenWritten: deliberately falsifying documents or data, as in 「データ改ざん」. 「偽る」 takes a wider range of objects — identity, age, one's true feelings.
- RelatedまやかすCasualColloquial and rare: to fool or hoodwink someone. In everyday speech use 「ごまかす」; 「偽る」 is about misstating facts.
- Related騙し込むだましこむNeutralTo skillfully trick someone, stressing that the deception succeeds. 「偽る」 is not necessarily aimed at deceiving others — you can say 「自分を偽る」.
- Related騙るかたるWrittenWritten: to pass yourself off under a false name or talk your way into getting things, as in 「名を騙る」. 「偽る」 is about misstating, not necessarily to obtain things.
- RelatedたぶらかすCasualColloquial: to beguile or lead someone astray with words or tricks, as in 「人を誑かす」. 「偽る」 is about misstating facts.
- RelatedたらすCasualColloquial and rare: to coax someone into compliance with sweet talk. 「偽る」 is about misstating facts or disguising yourself.
- RelatedたばかるWrittenWhen written 「謀る」, it can mean plotting to deceive someone, but its main sense is planning or scheming. 「偽る」 directly means saying what is false.
- Related賺すすかすCasualColloquial: to coax or humour someone into going along, or to talk them round with clever words. 「偽る」 is about telling falsehoods and disguising facts.
- RelatedいかさまNeutralA noun for cheating, trickery, or fakes, as in 「いかさま師」. 「偽る」 is a verb for misstating facts.
- RelatedかすめるNeutralMainly to snatch or pilfer on the sly, or to graze past; rare in the sense of cheating. 「偽る」 directly means misrepresenting or disguising.
- Antonym誠実せいじつNeutralSincere and honest in word and deed; often used to judge character. The opposite of 「偽る」, which implies deliberate falsification.
- Antonym正直しょうじきNeutralHonest and frank; also an adverb meaning 'to tell the truth'. The opposite of 「偽る」, which hides the truth.
To deceive someone, say 「騙す」; to tell a lie, say 「嘘をつく」. Use 「偽る」 for misstating your identity, hiding the truth, or disguising your true feelings, as in 「年齢を偽る」「自分を偽る」. For tampering with data, say 「改ざん」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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