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誇張 (こちょう): exaggeration — Japanese vocabulary

誇張 is read こちょう and means "exaggeration". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

誇張

Reading
こちょう · kochou
Translation
exaggeration
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こちょうが

Example

彼を天才と呼んでも誇張ではない。

かれをてんさいとよんでもこちょうではない。

It is no exaggeration to call him a genius.

Kanji in this word

  • 誇 — boast, pride
  • 張 — stretch, spread

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