Fiction - Travel

Japanese: 虚構 - きょこう

〘noun〙① To make something that is not true appear to be true. A fabrication. A lie. ※I Am a Cat (1905-06)〈Natsume Soseki〉 10 "It seems that they even use fabricated fiction to frame honest citizens for crimes." 〔Book of the Later Han - Biography of Fan Xi〕② In literature, etc., to use imagination to create a story or drama that appears to be real. A made-up tale. Fiction. ※The Essence of Novels (1885-86)〈Tsubouchi Shoyo〉 1 "The story he records is, of course, not based on fact at all, but it is difficult to call it fiction ."③ Something made to imitate reality. A fabrication. ※Embrace (1973)〈Setouchi Harumi〉 3 "It begins to look like a fictional building used for filming."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 事実でないことを、本当のことのように仕組むこと。つくりごと。いつわり。※吾輩は猫である（1905‐06）〈夏目漱石〉一〇「彼等は羅織虚構を以て良民を罪に陥れる事さへあるさうだ」〔後漢書‐范滂伝〕② 文学などで、想像力によって、現実の事柄のように物語や劇を仕組むこと。つくりばなし。フィクション。※小説神髄（1885‐86）〈坪内逍遙〉上「其記載せる物語はもとより全く事実にあらねどまた虚構(キョカウ)ともいひがたかり」③ 現実を模して作ったもの。つくりもの。※抱擁（1973）〈瀬戸内晴美〉三「撮影用の虚構の建物のように見えてくる」

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