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虚構 (きょこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
fiction ; fabrication ; concoction
Refers to something made up, not real; can be a literary fiction, a lie, or a false story. Often used in serious contexts like news, politics, or philosophy.
虚きょ
構こう
の
世せ
界かい
に
生い
き
て
いる
。
He lives in a fictional world.
Kanji 虚 void, emptiness, unpreparedness 構 posture, stance, appearance Similar words 嘘うそ 嘘 is a general lie or falsehood, often casual. 虚構 is more formal and implies a constructed falsehood, like a fabricated story or fictional world.
作つく り 話ばなし 作り話 is a made-up story, often with a lighter nuance. 虚構 can be used for more serious or systematic falsehoods.
Etymology Compound of 虚 (kyo, 'false, empty') and 構 (kō, 'construct, build'). The word literally means 'false construction' and has been used in modern Japanese to translate Western concepts of fiction and fabrication.
