Translation guide
An excessive, obsessive focus on a single idea, subject, or activity. In Japanese, this is often expressed through specific nouns describing the obsession, or through descriptive phrases.
To describe a state of being obsessively focused on one thing, often to an unhealthy degree.
A noun meaning 'monomania' or 'obsession', often used in psychological or formal contexts. Can be combined with 症 (しょう) to mean 'monomania' as a condition.
To describe a monomania focused on a particular subject, like money, cleanliness, or a hobby.
Directly translating 'monomania' as モノマニア is rarely natural. Use descriptive phrases or 偏執 for formal contexts.
In casual conversation, it's more natural to say someone is 'obsessed' (取り憑かれている) or 'abnormally fixated' (異常にこだわる) rather than using the clinical term.
He has a monomania about cleanliness.
Literally 'monomania disorder', used in clinical or psychological contexts.
Patients with monomania fixate on a single idea.
A descriptive phrase meaning 'to be abnormally fixated on one thing'. More natural in everyday speech than clinical terms.
She has a monomania about her work.
Literally 'to be possessed by a single idea', conveying an obsessive, almost supernatural fixation.
He is possessed by a monomania for making money.
His monomania about money is pathological.
Pattern: [topic] + に異常に執着する. 'To be abnormally attached to ~'. More natural than 偏執 in conversation.
He has a monomania about his health.
Direct loanword from English. Used in some psychological or literary contexts, but not common in everyday Japanese.
His monomania is famous.