cherry tree; cherry blossom

Word usually written using kana alone; Usu. サクラ; also written as 偽客

fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler

Word usually written using kana alone

hired applauder

Colloquial

horse meat

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun

imitation; fake; phony; counterfeit; forged; bogus; sham

Prefix

pseudo-

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

Intransitive verb

to lie; to pretend; to feign; to falsify

to deceive; to trick

camouflage; disguise

pretense; feigning; masquerade

impostor; imposter; pretender; liar

false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification