Illustration: Along an apartment corridor, one resident whispers urgently to another while pointing toward an apparently looming figure behind the frosted laundry-room door. That listener immediately passes the alarm to a third neighbor, and a frightened little crowd gathers at a distance.

デマ

dema

false rumor, misinformation

Example sentences

彼かれはデマをでっち上あげた。
He invented a false rumor.
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彼女かのじょがそのデマを流ながしたよ。
She’s the one who spread the false rumors.
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デマを流ながさないで。
Please don’t spread any false rumors.
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