うそ

uso

a lie

nounの-adjective

Also written 嘘

Chinese meanings

谎言

Examples

Furigana

えっ嘘うそでしょ。
Oh my God, I can't believe this.
啊，不会吧！
Tatoeba #227962
彼かれはとりわけうそがきらいである。
He hates falsehood more than anything else.
他尤其讨厌谎言。
Tatoeba #111477

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('da1a2f9721'); // うそ

{
  "id": "da1a2f9721",
  "word": "うそ",
  "reading": "うそ",
  "romaji": "uso",
  "meanings": [
    "a lie"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1172400,
  "other_forms": [
    "嘘"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "えっ嘘でしょ。",
      "furigana": "えっ{嘘|うそ}でしょ。",
      "en": "Oh my God, I can't believe this.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227962
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はとりわけうそがきらいである。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はとりわけうそがきらいである。",
      "en": "He hates falsehood more than anything else.",
      "tatoeba_id": 111477
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2d668b5b25662ed1066f803b75494f1abadb012de376c828edf9d7736d9c615a",
    "meanings": [
      "谎言"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "えっ嘘でしょ。",
        "zh": "啊，不会吧！"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はとりわけうそがきらいである。",
        "zh": "他尤其讨厌谎言。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/da1a2f9721",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "8c95e8744ec318965311cb5c0dd2ed3c5dd805a43e4d5eee7af96b92c3729242"
  }
}