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    3. 虚実

    虚実

    虚きょ実じつ

    falsehood and truth

    KMT10News #39+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    きょじつ

    Noun

    1.
    falsehood and truth, fiction and fact

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの話はなしは虚きょ実じつ入いり混まじっていた。

    His story was a mix of falsehood and truth.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    その記き事じは虚きょ実じつを織おり交まぜて読どく者しゃを惑まどわせた。

    The article mixed fact and fiction to mislead readers.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyInternet & Social Media
    芸げい術じゅつ作さく品ひんにおいては、虚きょ実じつの境きょう界かい線せんが曖あい昧まいになることがある。

    In works of art, the boundary between fiction and fact can become ambiguous.

    KMT10Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    歴れき史し小しょう説せつは、虚きょ実じつを巧たくみに組くみ合あわせることで読どく者しゃを引ひきつける。

    Historical novels attract readers by skillfully combining fact and fiction.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory
    政せい治じ家かの発はつ言げんには、虚きょ実じつを見み極きわめる必ひつ要ようがある。

    It is necessary to discern the truth from falsehood in politicians' statements.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    虚
    むな.しい・うつ.ろ…(2)
    void・emptiness・unpreparedness・crack・fissure…(1)
    実
    み・みの.る・まこと・みの・みち.る…(4)
    reality・truth・seed・fruit・nut
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