Keyword
fake
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig2068
Old form
Readings
にせ
(42%)
(41%)
Composed of
thin person
for the sake of
Used in vocabulary (108 in total)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
hypocrisy
great lie; falsehood
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
to make sure of the truth
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
false evidence; perjury; false testimony
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
disinformation; false information
counterfeit paper money; forged document
sham marriage; fake marriage
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery
artificial breasts; fake breasts
great lie; falsehood
falseness (logic); falsehood
counterfeit money
false telegram
dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity
fake passport; forged passport
inactive placebo; placebo
deceptive plan
pseudepigrapha
apocryphal work; forgery; spurious article
fraudulent claim of product origin
assuming a false name
counterfeit goods; fake; (a) forgery
lie; untruth; prevarication
mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.); food fraud
counterfeit (branded) product; fake brand-name goods
quack; quack doctor; fake doctor
forged card (e.g. cash card, credit card); counterfeit card
dummy supporters (e.g. for sports team); dummy soldiers (e.g. left behind when evacuating)
pseudopodium (temporary protrusion of an ameboid cell); pseudopod
hypocrite; snob
forged handwriting; plagiarism
it's true to its name; it's just like it says on the box
falsified severed head
false report
propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
false reporting; fake news
falsified history
misrepresentation; misstatement
perjurer; false witness
apocryphal sutra (composed in China or Japan)
false labeling; false advertising
artificial breasts; fake breasts
forged seal
falsehood
disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits
false membrane
fake account (e.g. on social media)
perjury; false oath
false representation; misrepresentation; false labelling; misstatement
pseudo; fake; imitation
it's true to its name; it's just like it says on the box
fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
pirated edition
lie; fabrication
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
false fruit; pseudocarp
handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae); 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
Oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius)
pseudo; fake; imitation
spurious book; forgery
fake account (e.g. on social media)
false science; science out of line with the world of thought
suspected case (disease)
false pregnancy; phantom pregnancy; pseudopregnancy
counterfeit check (cheque); bad paper
priestcraft (Book of Mormon)
pseudohyperaldosteronism; pseudoaldosteronism
pseudanthium; flower head
False Cross (asterism)
Boolean value; truth value
pseudo-Chinese; Japanese written without kana for intelligibility in Chinese
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
Tanzanian bay owl (Phodilus prigoginei); Congo bay owl
feathertail possum (Distoechurus pennatus); feather-tailed possum
Tricholoma fulvocastaneum (species of gilled mushroom)
Examples (28 in total)
Is this fake?
That's a fake.
He can't tell the real thing from the fake.