Keyword
falsehood
Info
FrequencyTop 2000-2100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1223
Readings
さ
(99%)
Composed of
say
while
Mnemonic

While you say something to try and make it seem like you're telling the truth, your words are nothing but a series of falsehoods.

Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
misrepresentation; false statement
marriage fraud; fake marriage
phone scam involving a pretended relative
bank transfer scam; telephone banking fraud
defrauding; swindle
to scam; to defraud; to swindle; to cheat
misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)
false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
feigned illness
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
lie; untruth; prevarication
fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills
petty swindling; petty swindler
clickbaiting; giving something a misleading title
falsehood; fabrication; dissimulation
false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career
phishing email; fraudulent email
plan of fraud; scheme of deception
one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique used by spammers)
lying about one's age; age fabrication
fraud; fraudulence; dupery; hoax
phone scam involving a pretended relative
phone scam involving a pretended relative
con artist; swindler who tricks victims with false narratives
fraud; defrauding; fraudulent injury
telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
phone scam involving a pretended relative
phone scam involving a pretended relative
phone scam involving a pretended relative
one-ring fraud (attempt to encourage a return call to a fraudster's number)
Nigerian fraud; 419 fraud
better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive
smartphone app malware; Trojan horse app
organized crime group specializing in fraud (esp. bank transfer scams)
crab meat mail-order fraud
lying about one's age; misrepresentation of age
Examples (18 in total)
This is outright fraud, and it's a crime.
That's not one of those fake retirements; he's the kind of guy who really quits when he says he will.
Stop saying you'll do it and then never doing it.