偽造|ぎぞうgizou[0]heiban (flat)
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- suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveforgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
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.
- 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


