偽る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偽
いつわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
僞る (kyūjitai)
詐る

Etymology

Possibly a compound of 空(うつ) (utsu, “something that doesn't exist”) + 張(は)る (haru, “to spread”).

Pronunciation

Verb

偽(いつわ)る • (itsuwaru) ←いつはる (itufaru)?intransitive godan (stem 偽(いつわ)り (itsuwari), past 偽(いつわ)った (itsuwatta))

  1. disguise, cheat, falsify

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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