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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

偽いつわる

itsuwaru

to lie about, to falsify

Example sentences

  1. 年齢ねんれいをなんで偽いつわったの？

    Why did you lie about how old you were?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. トムは年齢ねんれいを偽いつわっているんですか？

    Is Tom lying about his age?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 小説しょうせつなどの中なかでは、しばしば文書ぶんしょの来歴自体らいれきじたいを偽いつわるケースがある。

    In novels, origins of the documents are often falsified.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 偽

  • 偽falsehood; lieOnギ・カKunいつわる・にせ・いつわり

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