粉飾・扮飾|ふんしょくfunshoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
粉飾粉飾 is the most common written form and the recommended choice for learners; it covers embellishment, ornamentation, decoration, and putting on makeup.
扮飾扮飾 is a rarely used kanji-only variant of 粉飾, so learners will encounter it less often and should generally choose 粉飾 instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbembellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbputting on makeup
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 粉飾する（ふんしょくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 粉飾します（ふんしょくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 粉飾しない（ふんしょくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 粉飾しません（ふんしょくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 粉飾せず・粉飾せぬ（ふんしょくせず・ふんしょくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 粉飾した（ふんしょくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 粉飾しました（ふんしょくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 粉飾しなかった（ふんしょくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 粉飾しませんでした（ふんしょくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 粉飾して（ふんしょくして） |
| Potential | 粉飾できる（ふんしょくできる） |
| Passive | 粉飾される（ふんしょくされる） |
| Causative | 粉飾させる（ふんしょくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 粉飾させられる（ふんしょくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 粉飾すれば（ふんしょくすれば） |
| tara | 粉飾したら（ふんしょくしたら） |
| Volitional | 粉飾しよう（ふんしょくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 粉飾しましょう（ふんしょくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 粉飾しろ（ふんしょくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym脚色きゃくしょくNeutralAdapting a novel or real event for stage or screen, or embellishing a story; centres on dramatizing and exaggerating, while 「粉飾」 centres on hiding the truth.
- Synonym潤色じゅんしょくWrittenA formal, written word: polishing writing or embellishing facts; it is about working on the text and does not necessarily hide wrongdoing.
- Synonym矯飾きょうしょくWrittenWritten and fairly rare: putting on an affected front, dressing up one's outward appearance. Unlike 「粉飾」 it does not centre on concealing wrongdoing.
- Related彩るいろどるNeutralA verb: to colour something or add colour and flair, as in 「花が食卓を彩る」; physical colouring and brightening rather than covering up.
- Related化粧けしょうNeutralMake-up, and by extension surface decoration as in 「雪化粧」; unlike 「粉飾」 it does not carry the nuance of concealing wrongdoing.
- Related装飾そうしょくNeutralDecoration and ornaments; purely about making things beautiful, with no deceptive nuance, unlike 「粉飾」.
- Related飾り付けかざりつけNeutralDecorating and the decorations themselves; typical of dressing up venues and shop windows, not of covering up wrongdoing.
- Related飾るかざるNeutralA verb: to decorate or display things, and also to embellish in a misleading way, as in 「言葉を飾る」; 「粉飾」 is the noun for dressing up a surface to hide wrongdoing.
- Related偽装ぎそうNeutralDisguising or faking something, as in 「産地偽装」; the focus is on deceiving people, while 「粉飾」 centers on making a surface look good.
- Related美化びかNeutralMaking something beautiful, as in 「環境美化」, or talking bad things up as good — the latter use is derogatory.
- RelatedデコレーションNeutralA loanword for decoration, as in 「ケーキのデコレーション」; physical decorating, with none of 「粉飾」's cover-up nuance.
- Related修飾しゅうしょくNeutralDecorating or adorning the appearance, and also the grammar term 'modification'; it is about embellishing, with no hint of deception.
- Related飾り付けるかざりつけるNeutralA verb for decorating a place by putting up ornaments; the focus is on arranging decorations, not on glossing over wrongdoing.
- RelatedカモフラージュNeutralA loanword for camouflage and concealment; the point is keeping others from seeing the truth, rather than making something look splendid.
- Antonym素顔すがおNeutralThe antonym: an unpainted face, or things as they really are — the very opposite of what 「粉飾」 creates.
Use 「粉飾」 for making a surface look fine and covering up wrongdoing, as in 「粉飾決算」. For dramatizing a story say 「脚色」, for polishing text 「潤色」, for disguising or faking 「偽装」, for glorifying 「美化」. 「装飾」 is plain decoration, and 「飾る」 decorates but can also mean embellishing speech. The opposite of 「粉飾」 is 「素顔」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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