虚偽

See also: 虛偽 and 虚伪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虚	偽
きょ Grade: S	ぎ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
虛僞 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  虛偽／虚伪 (xūwěi).

Pronunciation 1

• Kan'on
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ɡi]

Noun

虚(きょ)偽(ぎ) • (kyogi) 

1. a falsehood, a lie

   虚偽(きょぎ)を見破(みやぶ)る

   kyogi o miyaburu

   to see through a lie

   虚偽(きょぎ)の申告(しんこく)

   kyogi no shinkoku

   a false report, a false (tax) return

   虚偽(きょぎ)の損失計上(そんしつけいじょう)が発覚(はっかく)されましたので、多(おお)くの課徴金(かちょうきん)を支払(しはら)いました。

   Kyogi no sonshitsukeijō ga hakkaku saremashita node, ōku no kachōkin o shiharaimashita.

   The posting of a false loss was discovered, so they paid a hefty fine.

Synonyms

• 嘘(うそ) (uso), 偽(いつわ)り (itsuwari), 空言(そらごと) (soragoto)

Antonyms

• 真実(しんじつ) (shinjitsu): the truth

Related terms

• 粉飾(ふんしょく) (funshoku): embellishment
• 見(み)せ掛(か)け (misekake): a sham, a pretense, something done up to look good

Idioms

• 虚偽(きょぎ)の友(とも)は公然(こうぜん)たる敵(てき)よりも悪(わる)い (kyogi no tomo wa kōzentaru teki yori mo warui): a false friend is worse than an open enemy

Derived terms

• 虚偽競売(きょぎけいばい) (kyogi keibai): a rigged auction, where conspirators make false bids to drive up prices
• 虚偽表示(きょぎひょうじ) (kyogi hyōji): false pretenses; misleading labeling; misstatement

Pronunciation 2

• Goon
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡi]

Noun

虚偽(こぎ) • (kogi) 

1. a falsehood, a lie

Usage notes

Less-common reading for 虚偽 (kyogi). Synonyms, antonyms, etc. are all the same.