Meaning

Primary

To Feign

Alternatives

To Wear, To Pretend

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

If you go to attire yourself, you're covering up who you are and trying to be someone else. You are trying to feign. You are trying to wear a lie. You are trying to pretend.

Reading

よそおう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

While you go to feign that you're someone or something else, someone calls you out on it: "you so (よそお) much a liar!"

Context

Context Sentences

予想していた昇進が無かったが、彼は平気を装って昇進した社員たちにおめでとうと言った。

Although he didn’t get the promotion he had been expecting, he put on a good face and congratulated the people who did.

Kanji Composition