でっち上あげる

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

fabricate; make up; cook up

Used for inventing a false story, excuse, or accusation. Often carries a negative nuance of deliberate deception.

彼かれはアリバイをでっち上あげた。
He fabricated an alibi.
その記き事じは完かん全ぜんにでっち上あげられた話

はなし

だ

。

That article is a completely made-up story.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

cobble together; throw together

Used for hastily or carelessly putting something together, often with a sense of improvisation or poor quality.

締しめ切きりに間まに合あわせるために、急いそいでレポートをでっち上あげた。
I cobbled together a report in a hurry to meet the deadline.

Written forms

でっち上あげるUsage50%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
でっちあげるUsage50%
捏でっち上あげる
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the kanji 捏 is uncommon.

Kanji

上above, up
捏knead, mix

Similar words

捏ねつ造ぞう
捏造 is a more formal noun/verb for fabrication, often used in legal or official contexts, while でっち上げる is colloquial and implies a more obvious or clumsy lie.
作つくり話ばなし
作り話 is a noun meaning a made-up story or fiction, without the strong negative connotation of deliberate deception that でっち上げる often carries.

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The word may be related to でっち (apprentice) and 上げる (to raise/present), suggesting something an apprentice might hastily put together, but this is speculative.