虚虚実実の戦い

きょきょじつじつのたたかい

match between persons equal in shrewdness

虚実皮膜

きょじつひまく

the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle, Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction

虚実混交

きょじつこんこう

mishmash of truth and untruth, mixture of fiction and fact

虚々実々

きょきょじつじつ

full of wiles and tricks, match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster, shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses

一虚一実

いっきょいちじつ

constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable

虚

うろ うつお うつほ うつせ きょ

falsehood

虚々実々の戦い

きょきょじつじつのたたかい

match between persons equal in shrewdness

虚業

きょぎょう

risky business

虚位

きょい

nominal rank

虚聞

きょぶん

false rumor, false rumour, false reputation

虚血

きょけつ

ischemia, ischaemia

虚舟

うつろぶね

unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

虚字

きょじ

kanji representing verb or adjective

虚報

きょほう

false alarm

虚礼

きょれい

empty (useless) formalities

虚飾

きょしょく

ostentation, show, affectation

虚辞

きょじ

falsehood

太虚

たいきょ

the sky, the universe

虚学

きょがく

the soft sciences (social science, humanities, etc.)