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造言飛語 (ぞうげんひご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

造ぞう言げん飛ひ語ご

Meanings

1

noun

wild rumor; groundless gossip

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo meaning fabricated stories or baseless rumors spread to mislead or cause trouble. Often used in formal or critical contexts.

選せん挙きょ中ちゅうに造ぞう言げん飛ひ語ごが飛とび交かった。
Wild rumors flew around during the election.
彼かれは造ぞう言げん飛ひ語ごを流ながしたとして非ひ難なんされた。
He was criticized for spreading groundless gossip.

Written forms

造ぞう言げん飛ひ語ご
Standard kanji form for this yojijukugo.
造ぞう言げん蜚ひ語ご
Variant using 蜚 (rare kanji) instead of 飛; less common but attested.

Kanji

造create, make, structure
言say, word

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter

語word, speech, language

蜚beetle, cockroach

Similar words

流りゅう言げん飛ひ語ご
Very similar yojijukugo also meaning wild rumors; 造言飛語 emphasizes fabrication (造), while 流言飛語 emphasizes spreading (流). Often used interchangeably.
デマ
Common loanword for false rumor or disinformation; more casual and modern than 造言飛語.

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 造 (create), 言 (words), 飛 (fly), and 語 (language), literally 'fabricated words flying about'. The variant 蜚 is an older character for 'fly'.