Kanji

嘘

lie, falsehood

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

14 strokes

Radical

口部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョ, コ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うそ, ふく

Example sentences

うそ
彼は嘘をつけない正直な人だ。

He is an honest person who cannot tell a lie.

いけない いけない
嘘をついてはいけない。

You must not tell lies.

嘘をつく うそをつく
嘘をつくのは良くないことです。

Telling lies is not a good thing.

誰一人として だれひとりとして
彼が嘘をついていることに、誰一人として気づかなかった。

Not a single person noticed that he was lying.

嘘つき うそつき
彼は嘘つきなので、誰も彼の言うことを信じない。

Since he is a liar, no one believes what he says.

救いようのない すくいようのない
彼は本当に救いようのない嘘つきだ。

He is a truly hopeless liar.

嘘のよう うそのよう
昨日までの雨が嘘のように、今日は晴れ渡っている。

As if yesterday's rain was a lie, today is perfectly clear.

大嘘 おおうそ
彼は平気で大嘘をつく。

He tells blatant lies without hesitation.

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