false · deceive

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 偽 concerns what is false or misrepresented. 偽物 is read にせもの, and 偽る is read いつわる.
• Basic usage: 偽物 is something made to resemble the real thing; 偽る is the act of misrepresenting facts or one's feelings.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An object and an action
  • 偽物を見抜く means to recognize a fake, while 経歴を偽る means to misrepresent one's work or personal history.
• Conjugating the final る
  • 偽る has the connecting form 偽って and negative form 偽らない. 偽らず means without misrepresenting or pretending.