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How to say 'Fabrication' in Japanese | 作り話

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The Japanese word for Fabrication is 'Tsukuribanashi', written as 作り話 in Japanese.'Fabrication' in hiragana is つくりばなし.

    word

    作り話

    Meaning

    Fabrication

    Reading

    つくりばなし

    tsukuribanashi

    Kanji

    作Make 話Talk

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '作り話 (つくりばなし)' refers to a fabricated or made-up story, often implying that it is not true or is intentionally deceptive. It is commonly used to describe tales or narratives that are invented, either for entertainment, deception, or exaggeration. For example: He told a fabrication to avoid trouble「彼はトラブルを避けるために作り話をした」(かれはトラブルをさけるためにつくりばなしをした). Her story sounded like a fabrication「彼女の話は作り話のように聞こえた」(かのじょのはなしはつくりばなしのようにきこえた). This word carries a nuance of something being intentionally false or misleading.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    5446

    Composition

    kanji-hiragana

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 作り話

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    作

    Meaning

    Make

  • kanji

    話

    Meaning

    Talk

Hiragana in the Word 作り話

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

  • hiragana

    り

    Reading

    Ri

Words Related to 作り話 Through the Kanji 作

These 22 Words contain the Kanji 作 as well.

  • word

    作る

    Meaning

    Make, Create

  • word

    作品

    Meaning

    Work

  • word

    作文

    Meaning

    Composition

  • word

    作業

    Meaning

    Work

  • word

    作成

    Meaning

    Creation

  • word

    作り

    Meaning

    Make

  • word

    作家

    Meaning

    Writer

  • word

    作用

    Meaning

    Effect, Action

  • word

    作

    Meaning

    Work, Creation

  • word

    著作

    Meaning

    Work

  • word

    作物

    Meaning

    Crop

  • word

    作戦

    Meaning

    Strategy

  • word

    製作

    Meaning

    Production

  • word

    作り出す

    Meaning

    Create, Produce

  • word

    作曲

    Meaning

    Composition

  • word

    動作

    Meaning

    Movement, Operation

  • word

    作者

    Meaning

    Author

  • word

    制作

    Meaning

    Production

  • word

    作り上げる

    Meaning

    Complete, Fabricate

  • word

    工作

    Meaning

    Craft, Manipulation

  • word

    創作

    Meaning

    Creation, Fiction

  • word

    操作

    Meaning

    Operation

Words Related to 作り話 Through the Kanji 話

These 17 Words contain the Kanji 話 as well.

  • word

    話

    Meaning

    Story

  • word

    話す

    Meaning

    Talk, Speak

  • word

    会話

    Meaning

    Conversation

  • word

    電話

    Meaning

    Call

  • word

    話題

    Meaning

    Topic

  • word

    電話帳

    Meaning

    Phone book

  • word

    世話

    Meaning

    Care

  • word

    受話器

    Meaning

    Receiver

  • word

    話し合う

    Meaning

    Discuss

  • word

    話し掛ける

    Meaning

    Address

  • word

    神話

    Meaning

    Myth

  • word

    話し合い

    Meaning

    Discussion

  • word

    長話

    Meaning

    Long talk

  • word

    対話

    Meaning

    Dialogue

  • word

    受話

    Meaning

    Receiver

  • word

    話し言葉

    Meaning

    Spoken language

  • word

    話し声

    Meaning

    Voice

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'Tsukuribanashi' means 'Fabrication' .

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