Meaning of 虚構(きょこう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 虚構

Kana Reading きょこう

Romaji kyokō

Examples of 虚構, きょこう in a sentence

彼には事実と虚構の区別がつかない。

He can't tell fact from fiction.
事実と虚構を見分けなければならない。

You have to distinguish fact from fiction.
ボブは酷く取り乱していて、現実と虚構の区別がほとんど出来なかった。

Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.

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

構 JLPT 3

14 strokes

posture, build, pretend

On'Yomi: コウ

Kun'Yomi: かま.える, かま.う

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