- detchiageru to fabricate, to invent, to make up (a story), to cook up, to trump up (a charge), to concoct; to cobble together, to put together (in a slapdash manner)
Used in informal or journalistic contexts to describe fabricating evidence, stories, or charges.
彼は証拠をでっち上げた。
Kare wa shouko o detchiageta.
He fabricated the evidence.
その記事は全部でっち上げだ。
Sono kiji wa zenbu detchiage da.
That article is completely fabricated.
⚖️ Often confused with 'sakusei suru' (to create), but 'detchiageru' specifically implies dishonest invention.
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