Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 虚偽(きょぎ) in Japanese

虚偽
Kana Reading
きょぎ
Romaji
kyogi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    untrue; falsehood; fiction; deception; vanity
    Example sentence
    僕は虚偽を論破しようと論争した。 I contended against falsehood.

Examples of 虚偽, きょぎ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

虚 JLPT 1

11 strokes

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

On'Yomi: キョ, コ

Kun'Yomi: むな.しい, うつ.ろ

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偽 JLPT 1

11 strokes

falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery

On'Yomi: ギ, カ

Kun'Yomi: いつわ.る, にせ, いつわ.り

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