フィクション

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to imaginative or invented stories, as opposed to non-fiction or factual accounts. Used in literary, film, and general contexts.

これは〈事こと〉フィクションですthis is a work of fiction (common disclaimer)
この物もの語がたりはフィクションであり、実じつ在ざいの人じん物ぶつとは関かん係けいありません。
This story is a work of fiction and is not related to any real persons.
事じ実じつとフィクションを混こん同どうするto confuse fact with fiction
視し聴ちょう者しゃが事じ実じつとフィクションを混こん同どうすることがある。
Viewers sometimes confuse fact with fiction.
フィクションを書かくto write fiction
彼かれは長なが年ねんフィクションを書かき続つづけている。
He has been writing fiction for many years.
完かん全ぜんな〈事こと〉フィクションpure/complete fiction
その報ほう道どうは完かん全ぜんなフィクションだった。
That news report was pure fiction.

虚きょ構こうN1
虚構 is a more formal, literary/academic term for fabrication, whereas フィクション is the everyday loanword for fiction in books and films.
作つくり話ばなしN1
作り話 is a casual word for a made-up story someone tells, while フィクション is the broader, more neutral term for fictional works in general.
創そう作さくN2
創作 emphasizes the creative act of composing an original work, while フィクション emphasizes the invented, non-factual nature of the content.
小しょう説せつN4
フィクション is a loanword covering any fictional work (books, films, etc.), while 小説 refers specifically to a written novel.

ノンフィクションN1
フィクション is invented, imaginative content, while ノンフィクション refers to factual, documentary works.
実じつ録ろく
フィクション is invented, fictional content, the direct opposite of 実録, which claims to be a truthful account of real events.
ドキュメンタリーN1
フィクション is invented, fictional content, the opposite of ドキュメンタリー's fact-based, real-life presentation.
実じつ話わN1
実話 describes something that really happened, whereas フィクション refers to invented, fictional content.

Borrowed from English 'fiction'.