誇張

こちょう · kochou · JLPT N1 · noun

hyperbole

誇 = boast + 張 = stretch: a boast stretched beyond the truth = exaggeration

誇る (hokoru) means to boast, and 張る (haru) means to stretch or expand. Boasting that keeps stretching past the facts is exaggeration.

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