Illustration: Beside a broken flowerpot in a Japanese apartment, a child gives an elaborate explanation to a kneeling parent. With one hand, the child makes a toy dinosaur stomp toward the shards; the other hand gestures at the dinosaur's supposedly enormous jaws.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

作つくり話ばなし

tsukuribanashi

made-up story, fabrication

Example sentences

  1. それはただの作つくり話ばなしだ。

    That’s just a yarn.

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  2. これは事実じじつであって作つくり話ばなしではありません。

    This is fact, not fiction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしの祖父そふは月面着陸げつめんちゃくりくは作つくり話ばなしだったと信しんじている。

    My grandpa believes that the moon landing was a hoax.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 作話

  • 作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり
  • 話tale; talkOnワKunはなす・はなし

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