Word Meaning 作り話

つくりばなし tsukuribanashi

作り話 is read as つくりばなし (tsukuribanashi) and means fiction.

Meaning

English

  1. fiction
  2. made-up story
  3. fable
  4. fabrication
  5. myth

Reading

Kana

つくりばなし

Romaji

tsukuribanashi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms 偽り,ウソ,,虚偽,誤報,詐称,でっち上げ,捏造 Antonyms 実話 Rank 13197 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

童話作家

どうわさっか

writer of children's stories

作る

つくる

to commit (a sin, etc.)

作業

さぎょう

work

作家

さっか

author

作品

さくひん

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.)

さく

technique

作用

さよう

action

作者

さくしゃ

creator (of a work)

作文

さくぶん

formal writing with little real meaning

作り

つくり

appearance (attire, make-up, etc.)

作物

さくもつ

crop

作動

さどう

operation

Example Sentences

6

Is this a hoax?

Tom makes up stories all the time.

This is fact, not fiction.

Paul's success was a myth.

It's not fiction or rumour, etc., it's a true story.

My grandpa believes that the moon landing was a hoax.