fiction

小説、フィクション

架空の人物や出来事を描く物語。また、そのような文学作品。

やさしい英語で： Stories about imaginary people and events, or writing that consists of these stories.

• I enjoy reading fiction.
• She writes crime fiction for young adults.
• The library keeps fiction on the ground floor.

反対語： nonfiction

よく使う表現： science fiction, crime fiction, read fiction

虚構、作り事

現実とは違うのに、作り出されたり本当とみなされたりすること。

やさしい英語で： Something invented or treated as true even though it does not match reality.

• Their supposed friendship was a fiction.
• The law relies on a useful legal fiction.
• They maintained the fiction that everyone had equal power.

類義語： invention, myth

反対語： fact

よく使う表現： legal fiction, convenient fiction, maintain a fiction

作り話、嘘

人をだますためなどに使われる、事実に反する話や主張、思い込み。

やさしい英語で： A false story, statement, or belief, often used to deceive people.

• His excuse was pure fiction.
• The reports were full of carefully invented fictions.
• Her claim to own the building turned out to be a fiction.

類義語： fabrication, falsehood, lie

反対語： truth

よく使う表現： complete fiction, pure fiction, invent a fiction