誇張(こちょう)

こちょう
noun, suru verb
exaggeration; overstatement
1. exaggeration; overstatement
representing something as greater or more important than it really is
それは誇張(こちょう)ではない。
That's not an exaggeration.
彼(かれ)の話(はなし)には誇張(こちょう)が多(おお)い。
His stories contain a lot of exaggeration.
誇張(こちょう)なしに言(い)えば、最高(さいこう)の体験(たいけん)だった。
Without exaggeration, it was the best experience.

VERB FORM:
誇張(こちょう)する - to exaggerate

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 誇張(こちょう)なしに - without exaggeration
  • 誇張(こちょう)が過(す)ぎる - to exaggerate too much
  • 誇張(こちょう)表現(ひょうげん) - hyperbole, exaggerated expression

LITERARY TERM:
誇張法(こちょうほう) - hyperbole (rhetorical device)

RELATED:

  • 大(おお)げさ - exaggerated, dramatic
  • 言(い)い過(す)ぎ - overstatement
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Added 2026.1.28 8:50 · Revised 2026.2.19 21:32
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