noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Describes something that is not genuine, often with a negative connotation. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.
このブランドバッグは偽物だ。
This brand bag is a fake.
彼は偽のパスポートで入国しようとした。
He tried to enter the country with a forged passport.
prefix
Prefix used to indicate something is not genuine, often in compounds like 偽科学 (pseudoscience) or 偽善 (hypocrisy).
偽科学に騙されないように注意が必要だ。
You need to be careful not to be fooled by pseudoscience.
Rare kanji variant for 'counterfeit', mostly seen in compounds like 贋物.
The kanji 偽 means 'falsehood' or 'deception'. The reading にせ is a native Japanese word for 'imitation' or 'fake', and its exact derivation is uncertain.