fiction

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable

Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

Japanese Meaning

実際の事実ではなく、架空の要素や創造的な発想に基づいて作り出された文学作品。通常、散文形式で描かれる。

She prefers reading fiction on rainy afternoons.

彼女は雨の午後に創作小説を読むのが好きだ。

Sense（1）

Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

The company’s accounts contained a number of blatant fictions.

Sense（2）

(uncountable) A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).

The butler’s account of the crime was pure fiction.

Sense（3）

(law) A legal fiction.

fictions

（ plural ）