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虚構 (きょこう, kyokou) Japanese meaning: fiction | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 虚構する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 虚きょ 構こう する 虚きょ 構こう しない Polite 虚きょ 構こう します 虚きょ 構こう しません Past polite 虚きょ 構こう しました 虚きょ 構こう しませんでした Past 虚きょ 構こう した 虚きょ 構こう しなかった Te-form 虚きょ 構こう して 虚きょ 構こう しないで Desire 虚きょ 構こう したい 虚きょ 構こう したくない Potential 虚きょ 構こう できる 虚きょ 構こう できない Passive 虚きょ 構こう される 虚きょ 構こう されない Causative 虚きょ 構こう させる 虚きょ 構こう させない Causative passive 虚きょ 構こう させられる 虚きょ 構こう させられない Volitional 虚きょ 構こう しよう Polite volitional 虚きょ 構こう しましょう Imperative 虚きょ 構こう しろ 虚きょ 構こう するな Conditional 虚きょ 構こう すれば 虚きょ 構こう しなければ Tara conditional 虚きょ 構こう したら 虚きょ 構こう しなかったら
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かん
全ぜん
な
虚きょ
構こう
だっ
た
。
The article was a complete fabrication.
He lives in a fictional world.
Usage patterns 虚きょ 構こう の 世せ 界かい the world of fiction
This novel skillfully depicts a fictional world.
虚きょ 構こう を 暴あば く to expose a fabrication
The reporter exposed the fabrication behind the report.
事じ 実じつ と 虚きょ 構こう を 混こん 同どう する to confuse fact and fiction
He ended up confusing fact and fiction.
虚きょ 構こう に 基もと づく 〈 事こと 〉 something based on fiction/fabrication
This drama is a story based on fiction.
Kanji 虚 void, emptiness, unpreparedness 構 posture, stance, appearance Related words 嘘 is a general, everyday word for a lie, while 虚構 is a more formal term implying a deliberately constructed falsehood or fictional narrative.
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.
架空 stresses that something is purely imaginary or non-existent (e.g. 架空の人物), while 虚構 focuses on the act of fabricating a false story or reality.
フィクション is a casual loanword for 'fiction' used mainly for novels and films, while 虚構 is a more formal, literary term that can also apply to lies in real life.
虚構 is a literary or critical term for fiction as opposed to reality, whereas 創作 is the more general word for making up a story or inventing something.
Opposites 事実 means an actual fact, the direct opposite of 虚構, which denotes something fabricated or untrue.
現実 refers to actual reality, contrasting with 虚構, which is a constructed or imagined falsehood.
虚構 means fiction or fabrication, the opposite of 史実, which denotes something that actually happened in history.
虚構 means fiction or fabrication, the opposite of the sense of authenticity that リアリティ conveys.
Etymology Compound of 虚 (kyo, 'false, empty') and 構 (kō, 'construct, build'). The word literally means 'false construction' and has been used in modern Japanese to translate Western concepts of fiction and fabrication.
