Meaning of インチキ in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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インチキ, いんちき
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Romajiinchiki, inchiki
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- cheating; fake; bogus
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- travelling seller of trinkets, magic tricks, etc. (traveling)
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Example Sentences
インチキ, いんちき used in context
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I was being taught to cheat.
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彼女は例の金のインチキ証券商法に引っかかり持ち金のほとんどを失ってしまった。
She was taken in by that fake gold certificate scandal and lost most of her money.
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She committed false acts.
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I hit on the terrific idea of cheating at cards by chance.
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インチキなセールスマンにだまされて、役立たずの機械を買わされたとジョンは主張した。
John claimed that the dishonest salesman had tricked him into buying a useless piece of machinery.
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