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空夢 (そらゆめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

空そら夢ゆめ

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ゆ

め

Meanings

1

noun

fabricated dream; made-up dream

Refers to a dream that is not real, often used in literary or poetic contexts to describe something illusory or a dream that one knows is not true.

それはただの空そら夢ゆめに過すぎなかった。
It was nothing more than a fabricated dream.

Kanji

空empty, sky, void
夢dream, vision, illusion

Similar words

夢ゆめ
夢 is the general word for 'dream', while 空夢 specifically means a dream that is fabricated or not real.
空そら言ごと
空言 means 'falsehood' or 'lie', while 空夢 is specifically a fabricated dream, often with a more poetic nuance.

Etymology

Compound of 空 (そら, 'empty, false') and 夢 (ゆめ, 'dream'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is formed from these components to mean a dream that is not real.