偽造|ぎぞうgizou[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveforgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
    その文書ぶんしょは本物ほんものでも偽造ぎぞうされたものでもない。↗
    The document is neither genuine nor forged.
Conjugation
Dictionary form偽造する(ぎぞうする)
Polite (masu)偽造します(ぎぞうします)
Negative (nai)偽造しない(ぎぞうしない)
polite (masen)偽造しません(ぎぞうしません)
classical zu / nu偽造せず・偽造せぬ(ぎぞうせず・ぎぞうせぬ)
Past (ta)偽造した(ぎぞうした)
polite (mashita)偽造しました(ぎぞうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)偽造しなかった(ぎぞうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)偽造しませんでした(ぎぞうしませんでした)
Te form偽造して(ぎぞうして)
Potential偽造できる(ぎぞうできる)
Passive偽造される(ぎぞうされる)
Causative偽造させる(ぎぞうさせる)
Causative passive偽造させられる(ぎぞうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)偽造すれば(ぎぞうすれば)
tara偽造したら(ぎぞうしたら)
Volitional偽造しよう(ぎぞうしよう)
polite (mashou)偽造しましょう(ぎぞうしましょう)
Imperative偽造しろ(ぎぞうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym贋造がんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose and rarely used; it means the same as 「偽造」, which is the word to use in everyday contexts.
  • Related曲げるまげるNeutralLiterally to bend; by extension to distort, as in 「真実を曲げる」; 「偽造」 means making a fake thing, not changing an account.
  • Related改ざんかいざんNeutralDeliberately tampering with documents or data, as in 「データ改ざん」; it alters the original, while 「偽造」 creates a separate fake.
  • Related曲筆きょくひつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Writing that distorts the facts, mostly in historical records; 「偽造」 is about producing fake objects or fake documents.
  • Relatedでっち上げるでっちあげるCasualColloquial. To make something up out of thin air or cobble it together, as in 「話をでっち上げる」; 「偽造」 is about faking objects.
  • Related歪めるゆがめるNeutralTo twist or distort, as in 「事実を歪める」; it creates nothing new, while 「偽造」 produces a fake imitation of the real thing.

Use 「偽造」 for making a fake copy of the real thing, as in 「偽造パスポート」 or 「紙幣偽造」. For altering an original say 「改ざん」, for making things up 「でっち上げる」, for distorting facts 「歪める」/「曲げる」; 「贋造」 is a rare written synonym.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 本物ほんものと信しんじさせようとして、他たの材料ざいりょうを用もちいて、ある物ものに似にせた物ものを造つくること。偽物にせものを製造せいぞうすること。
  2. 偽物にせものを製造せいぞうする。
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