偽証

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 偽証, read ぎしょう, means giving false testimony.
• Basic usage: It is used in courtroom dramas or novels dealing with a witness's false testimony or suspicions of it.
  • 法廷を舞台にした劇で、証人が偽証を認めた。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Testimony compared with 嘘
  • 嘘 broadly means a lie, while 偽証 focuses on a false statement given as testimony.