What does 作り話 mean?
作り話 is a Japanese noun meaning “fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication” in English. It is written as 作り話 in kanji, つくりばなし in hiragana, and tsukuribanashi in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
これは事実であって作り話ではありません。
This is fact, not fiction.