嘘うそ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

lie; falsehood; untruth

The everyday word for a deliberately false statement. Common in the collocation 嘘をつく, 'to tell a lie,' and as a no-adjective in phrases like 嘘の話.

• 嘘うそをつかないで、本ほん当とうのことを言いってください。

  Please don't lie; tell me the truth.

• 彼かれの話はなしは全ぜん部ぶ嘘うそだった。

  His story was all a lie.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

mistake; error; wrong statement

Used when something said or written is wrong, not necessarily intentionally deceptive. In conversation it often appears as a quick self-correction, as in 今のは嘘.

• あ、ごめん、今いまのは嘘うそ。集しゅう合ごうは八はち時じじゃなくて九く時じだった。

  Oh, sorry, that was wrong. The meeting time was nine, not eight.

noun

bad decision; unwise move

Idiomatic evaluative use, often in patterns like ここで〜するのは嘘だ, meaning that doing so would be the wrong move or a poor choice.

• ここで諦あきらめるのは嘘うそだ。

  Giving up at this point would be a bad decision.

interjection

no way!; unbelievable!; really?!

Colloquial interjection expressing surprise, disbelief, or shock. Usually written うそ or ウソ in casual dialogue.

• ウソ、もう売うり切きれたの？

  No way, it's already sold out?

• うそ！本ほん当とうに合ごう格かくしたの？

  Really?! Did you actually pass?