ポチョムキン村むら

noun

Potemkin village

Refers to a fake facade or deceptive display meant to hide an undesirable reality, originating from the historical Russian Potemkin villages. Used metaphorically in political, corporate, or social contexts.

• その新しん興こう住じゅう宅たく地ちはポチョムキン村むらのように見みせかけだけの活かっ気きだった。

  The new residential area had only a facade of liveliness, like a Potemkin village.

• 政せい府ふの発はっ表ぴょうした統とう計けいはポチョムキン村むらに過すぎないと批ひ判はんされた。

  The statistics released by the government were criticized as nothing more than a Potemkin village.