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偽る · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb, intransitive verb

Broadly used for stating something false, pretending a state or feeling, or falsifying information. Can be used both transitively and intransitively.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

Focuses on the act of deceiving someone, often with an object marked by を. More strongly transitive than sense 1.

名な前まえを偽いつわるto give a false name
彼かれは名な前まえを偽いつわってホテルに宿しゅく泊はくした。
He gave a false name and stayed at the hotel.
身み分ぶんを偽いつわるto falsify one's identity
彼かの女じょは身み分ぶんを偽いつわって会かい社しゃに入はいり込こんだ。
She falsified her identity to get into the company.
感かん情じょうを偽いつわるto feign one's feelings
彼かれは悲かなしくないのに感かん情じょうを偽いつわって涙なみだを見みせた。
Even though he wasn't sad, he feigned his feelings and shed tears.
〈人ひと〉だと偽いつわるto pretend to be someone in order to deceive others
彼かれは医い者しゃだと偽いつわって病びょう院いんに入はいった。
He got into the hospital by pretending to be a doctor.

嘘うそをつく sense 1
嘘をつく is the everyday phrase for telling a lie, while 偽る is more formal and often implies falsifying facts or pretending a state.
騙だますN3sense 2
騙す focuses on tricking a specific victim for gain, while 偽る emphasizes the act of falsifying or pretending itself, even without a victim.
装よそおうN1sense 1
装う means to put on an outward appearance or pretend a state, while 偽る more strongly implies actively falsifying facts or identity.
欺あざむくN1sense 2
欺く is a literary word for deceiving someone, close to 偽る's second sense but with a stronger focus on the victim being misled.

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つくN1
偽る means to falsify or misrepresent something in general, while 吐く（つく）is used specifically in 嘘を吐く for the act of telling a lie aloud.
ごまかすN1
偽る means to formally state something false as true, while ごまかす is more about manipulating perception or details rather than making one clear false statement.

偽ぎ造ぞうN1sense 1
偽造する specifically means to forge a physical document or item, while 偽る is broader and covers falsifying statements, identities, or feelings.
装よそおうN1
偽る means to lie or falsify facts, whereas 装う means to put on a false outward appearance without necessarily stating a falsehood.

Derived from the classical verb 偽る (itsuwaru), with the same meaning. The kanji 偽 carries the meaning of 'falsehood' or 'imitation'.