偽る (いつわる, itsuwaru) Japanese meaning: lie | KotomoraCommon word›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000偽る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 偽る | 偽らない |
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| Polite | 偽ります | 偽りません |
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| Past polite | 偽りました | 偽りませんでした |
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| Past | 偽った | 偽らなかった |
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| Te-form | 偽って | 偽らないで |
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| Desire | 偽りたい | 偽りたくない |
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| Potential | 偽れる | 偽れない |
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| Passive | 偽られる | 偽られない |
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| Causative | 偽らせる | 偽らせない |
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| Causative passive | 偽らせられるalso 偽らされる | 偽らせられないalso 偽らされない |
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| Volitional | 偽ろう | |
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| Polite volitional | 偽りましょう | |
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| Imperative | 偽れ | 偽るな |
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| Conditional | 偽れば | 偽らなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 偽ったら | 偽らなかったら |
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彼
は
自
分
の
年
齢
を
偽
っ
て
入
会
し
た
。
He lied about his age and joined.
She pretended to be sick and took a day off work.
Usage patterns
名前を偽るto give a false name
He gave a false name and stayed at the hotel.
身分を偽るto falsify one's identity
She falsified her identity to get into the company.
感情を偽るto feign one's feelings
Even though he wasn't sad, he feigned his feelings and shed tears.
〈人〉だと偽るto pretend to be someone in order to deceive others
He got into the hospital by pretending to be a doctor.
Expressions
看板に偽りなしit's true to its name; it's just like it says on the box
偽り誓う
to swear falsely; to perjure oneself
speak falsely; tell a lie
