Japanese

Noun

虚偽 ‎(hiragana きょぎ, romaji 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

Noun

虚偽 ‎(hiragana こぎ, romaji kogi)

1. a falsehood, a lie

Usage notes

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