“Fabrication” in Japanese
Short answer
Fabrication in Japanese is “作り事” (tsukurigoto). Full meaning: fabrication, lie, fiction.
Other ways to say “Fabrication” in Japanese
捏造
netsuzou fabrication, forgery, falsehood, hoax
でっち上げ
detchiage fabrication, made-up story, sham, hoax, put-up job, frame-up, trumped-up charge
絵空事
esoragoto fabrication, pipe dream
仮構
kakou fiction, fabrication, concoction, invention; falsework (scaffolding, etc.)
作話
sakuwa confabulation, fabrication
譎詐
kissa falsehood, fabrication, dissimulation
仮作
kasaku fiction, fabrication
虚構
kyokou fiction, fabrication, concoction
拵え事
koshiraegoto invented story, fabrication
空事
soragoto fake, fabrication
ファブリケーション
fuaburikeeshon fabrication, manufacture, assembly; forgery, fiction
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