deceiving; cheating; fooling
Nominal form of 騙す, used in compounds like 騙し絵 (trompe-l'œil) or 騙し討ち (surprise attack). Can also appear as a standalone noun in contexts like magic tricks or scams.
The culprit set about deceiving people again with a new method.
His magic tricks were a series of clever deceptions.
Scams using deception techniques are on the rise.
She immediately saw through his deception.
だまし is a plain native word for deceiving someone, while トリック is the borrowed term often used for clever or technical tricks.
誤魔化し means glossing over or covering something up (like fudging numbers), while 騙し implies actively tricking someone for gain.
Standard kanji spelling for the nominal form of 騙す.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is considered difficult or when used in compounds.
Nominalized form of the verb 騙す (damasu, 'to deceive'). The kanji 騙 is composed of 馬 (horse) and 扁 (flat), but the character's origin as 'to deceive' is uncertain.