Usage patterns 作つく り 話ばなし をする to tell/make up a story
He's always telling made-up stories.
作つく り 話ばなし を 信しん じる to believe a made-up story
She ended up believing his made-up story.
作つく り 話ばなし だと 見み 抜ぬ く to see through something as a fabrication
The detective quickly saw through it as a fabricated story.
〈 事こと 〉 は 作つく り 話ばなし だ (something) is a made-up story
The story about that incident was a complete fabrication.
Kanji 作 make, production, prepare Related words· 8 嘘 is a direct lie or falsehood, while 作り話 is a fabricated story that may be elaborate and told for entertainment as well as deception.
ほら話 is a boastful, exaggerated tall tale, while 作り話 more neutrally means any invented, untrue story.
でたらめ describes nonsensical or random falsehoods with no basis, while 作り話 implies a coherent, deliberately constructed story.
創作 refers to creative writing or original artistic work without implying dishonesty, unlike 作り話 which suggests something untrue.
Show 4 more Show fewer 作り話 is a made-up story with a lighter, everyday nuance, whereas 虚構 is used for more serious or systematic fabrications, as in politics or literature.
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.
作り話 is a neutral term for a made-up story (even a harmless one), while でっち上げ carries a stronger sense of deceit or malice.
作り話 is a casual term for a made-up tale or excuse, while 捏造 is used more formally for fabricated evidence, data, or news.
Etymology Compound of 作り (tsukuri, 'making') + 話 (hanashi, 'story'), with rendaku voicing of はなし to ばなし .
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