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誇張こちょう (kochou)

exaggeration

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

誇張 (こちょう, kochou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “exaggeration”.

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Example sentences 11

彼かれはいつも話はなしを誇張こちょうする

He always exaggerates the story.

その危険性を誇張するな.

Don't magnify the danger.

彼の話は少々誇張がある.

His account is somewhat overdrawn.

彼女かのじょには誇張こちょう癖へきがあるようだ。

It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.

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