Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 は 偽にせ 物もの だ X is a fake/counterfeit
This brand-name bag is a fake.
偽にせ 物もの をつかまされる to get stuck with/duped into buying a fake
I got duped by a friend into buying a fake bottle of premium wine.
偽にせ 物もの と 本ほん 物もの を 見み 分わ ける to tell a fake apart from the real thing
Even experts find it hard to tell a fake from the real thing.
偽にせ 物もの をつくる to make/manufacture a counterfeit
He was making and selling counterfeits of a famous painter's works.
Related words· 9 模造品 is a more formal, technical term for an imitation or reproduction, while 偽物 is the everyday word for something fake.
まがい物 is a somewhat literary word for a cheap sham or fake, close in meaning to 偽物 but less common in casual speech.
偽物 is a general word for a fake or forgery that often implies deliberate deception, while 模造 focuses on the act or product of imitation and can be neutral, like a museum replica.
偽物 is a concrete fake or counterfeit object, while 見せ掛け refers to a deceptive outward appearance that can be abstract, like a fake attitude or emotion.
Show 5 more Show fewer 偽 is the bare adjectival noun/prefix meaning 'fake', while 偽物 is the concrete noun for 'a fake item' itself.
偽物 is the natural Japanese word for a counterfeit or fake object, while フェイク has a modern, media-influenced loanword feel often used in compounds.
偽物 explicitly means a fake or counterfeit meant to deceive, whereas ダミー is a neutral placeholder that isn't necessarily fraudulent.
偽物 is a neutral noun for a counterfeit or imitation object, while インチキ (as an adjective) implies deliberate deception and carries a more scornful, colloquial tone.
偽造 names the act of creating a fake, whereas 偽物 is the resulting fake item itself.
Don't confuse with 偽者 (same reading にせもの ) refers to a fake person or impostor, while 偽物 refers to a fake object or thing.
偽物 refers broadly to any fake or counterfeit item, while 海賊版 specifically denotes an illegally copied book, software, or media work.
Written forms 偽物 Usage 54% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
ニセモノ Usage 25%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used for emphasis or in informal contexts.
贋物 Usage 10% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
にせもの Usage 7%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
ニセ 物もの Usage 3%
にせ 物もの Usage 1%
ニセモン Usage <1%
偽にせ もの Usage <1%
にせもん
Colloquial contracted form; mainly in casual speech.
ぎぶつ
がんぶつ
Etymology Compound of 偽 (にせ , 'false') + 物 (もの , 'thing'). The reading にせもの is the most common; ぎぶつ and がんぶつ are rare Sino-Japanese readings.
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