偽装 (Gisou): Camouflage, Disguise

Meaning

English

camouflage
disguise
pretense
feigning
masquerade

Reading

Kana

ぎそう

Romaji

gisou

Writing Variants

擬装ぎそう gisou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 5720 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

偽装表示

ぎそうひょうじ

false labeling

偽装工作

ぎそうこうさく

diversionary tactics (maneuvering)

偽装結婚

ぎそうけっこん

sham marriage

偽装請負

ぎそううけおい

disguised contracting

偽装難民

ぎそうなんみん

fake refugee

産地偽装

さんちぎそう

fraudulent claim of product origin

食品偽装

しょくひんぎそう

mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.)

偽物

にせもの

spurious article

偽造

ぎぞう

forgery

偽

にせ

pseudo-

偽る

いつわる

to deceive

偽証

ぎしょう

false evidence

Example Sentences

1

アリバイの偽装工作したところで、絶対どこかでボロが出るってわからないのかな。

Don't you know that even if you come up with an alibi, it's certain that the truth will be revealed at some point?