虚構(きょこう)

きょこう
noun
fiction; fabrication
1. fiction; fabrication
Something that is invented or imagined rather than real; a made-up story or false claim.
{それは虚構(きょこう)の話(はなし)だ。
That is a fictional story.
事実(じじつ)と虚構(きょこう)を区別(くべつ)する。
To distinguish fact from fiction.
虚構(きょこう)の世界(せかい)に浸(ひた)る。
To immerse oneself in a fictional world.

虚構(きょこう) refers to things that are fictional or fabricated.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 虚構(きょこう)の世界(せかい) (fictional world)
  • 虚構(きょこう)の物語(ものがたり) (fictional story)
  • 虚構(きょこう)と現実(げんじつ) (fiction and reality)
  • 虚構(きょこう)に基(もと)づく (based on fiction)

RELATED TERMS:

  • フィクション: fiction (loanword)
  • 創作(そうさく): creation, fiction
  • 作(つく)り話(ばなし): made-up story
  • 事実(じじつ): fact (opposite)
  • 現実(げんじつ): reality (opposite)
  • ノンフィクション: non-fiction
general
Added 2026.2.3 20:36
09500/09808_kyokou