偽物

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
偽	物
にせ Grade: S	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
僞物 (kyūjitai) 偽物贋物にせ物ニセ物

Compound of 偽(にせ) (nise, “fake”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にせもの [nìsémónó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ise̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

偽(にせ)物(もの) or 偽物(ニセモノ) • (nisemono)

something fake; counterfeit; a forgery

Antonyms

本物(ほんもの) (honmono)

Related terms

偽者(にせもの) (nisemono)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
偽	物
ぎ Grade: S	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
僞物 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎぶつ [gìbútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) ぎぶつ [gíꜜbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲibɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

偽(ぎ)物(ぶつ) • (gibutsu)

something fake; counterfeit; a forgery

Synonyms

偽物(にせもの) (nisemono)
贋物(がんぶつ) (ganbutsu)
まがいもの (magaimono)
(dialectal, Kagoshima) まげもん (magemon)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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
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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