にせ物

にせもの · nisemono · JLPT N1 · noun

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💵 nise sounds like nice: a nice-looking thing that is not the real one

Decomposes as 似せ (nise, to make resemble, from 似る niru) + 物 (mono, thing): a thing made to resemble the real one. Nise rhymes with nice, so it is a nice-looking copy that is fake.

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