fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
彼の話は作り話だとすぐわかった。
I could tell right away that his story was made up.
作り話を信じてしまって恥ずかしかった。
I was embarrassed to have believed the made-up story.
面白い作り話が伝統的な民話として語り継がれてきた。
Entertaining made-up stories have been passed down as traditional folktales.