虚偽

See also: 虛偽 and 虚伪

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
虚	偽
きょ Grade: S	ぎ Grade: S
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
虛僞 (kyūjitai)

From Sinitic 虛偽／虚伪 (xūwěi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょ​ぎ [kyóꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ɡʲi]

Noun

虚(きょ)偽(ぎ) • (kyogi) ^{←きよぎ (kyogi)?}

1. a falsehood, a lie

   虚(きょ)偽(ぎ)を見(み)破(やぶ)る

   kyogi o miyaburu

   to see through a lie

   虚(きょ)偽(ぎ)の申(しん)告(こく)

   kyogi no shinkoku

   a false report, a false (tax) return

   虚(きょ)偽(ぎ)の損(そん)失(しつ)計(けい)上(じょう)が発(はっ)覚(かく)されましたので、多(おお)くの課(か)徴(ちょう)金(きん)を支(し)払(はら)いました。

   Kyogi no sonshitsu keijō 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(そら)言(ごと) (soragoto)

Antonyms

• 真(しん)実(じつ) (shinjitsu): the truth

Related terms

• 粉(ふん)飾(しょく) (funshoku): embellishment
• 見(み)せ掛(か)け (misekake): a sham, a pretense, something done up to look good

Idioms

• 虚(きょ)偽(ぎ)の友(とも)は公(こう)然(ぜん)たる敵(てき)よりも悪(わる)い (kyogi no tomo wa kōzen taru teki yori mo warui): a false friend is worse than an open enemy

Derived terms

• 虚(きょ)偽(ぎ)競(けい)売(ばい) (kyogi keibai): a rigged auction, where conspirators make false bids to drive up prices
• 虚(きょ)偽(ぎ)表(ひょう)示(じ) (kyogi hyōji): false pretenses; misleading labeling; misstatement

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
虚	偽
こ Grade: S	ぎ Grade: S
goon	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
虛僞 (kyūjitai)

From Sinitic 虛偽／虚伪 (xūwěi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ぎ [kóꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡʲi]

Noun

虚(こ)偽(ぎ) • (kogi) ^{←こぎ (kogi)?}

1. a falsehood, a lie

Usage notes

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