虚言

虚言

See also: 虛言

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 虚言 – see 虛言 (“empty words”). (This term, 虚言, is the simplified form of 虛言.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
虚	言
きょ Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

虚言 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 虛言, hiragana きょげん, rōmaji kyogen)

1. lie

Synonyms

• 嘘 (うそ) (uso)

Antonyms

• 事実 (じじつ) (jijitsu)

Compounds

• 虚 (きょ)言 (げん)症 (しょう) (kyogenshō), 虚言癖 (きょげんへき) (kyogenheki): compulsive lying

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.