誇大広告

こだいこうこく

Meanings

1. Noun deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)

Kanji

• 誇 pride. Read as コ.
• 大 big. Read as ダイ.
• 広 wide. Read as コウ.
• 告 tell. Read as コク.

Example sentences

• 「見て見て！ 聞き流すだけで1週間で英語がペラペラになるCDだって」「馬鹿、そんなもん誇大広告に決まってんだろ」
  "Hey, look at this! Apparently, if you just put this CD on in the background for a week, you'll become fluent in English!" "Don't be stupid. That's just exaggerated advertising."

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