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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

虚きょ偽ぎ

kyogi

falsehood, lie

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの言いったことは虚偽きょぎであると判明はんめいした。

    What he said turned out to be false.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 時ときは虚偽きょぎのみならず真実しんじつも明あきらかにする。

    Time reveals truth as well as falsehood.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 動物どうぶつは虚偽きょぎと真実しんじつを区別くべつできない。

    Animals cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 虚偽

  • 虚void; emptinessOnキョ・コKunむなしい・うつろ
  • 偽falsehood; lieOnギ・カKunいつわる・にせ・いつわり

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