イリュージョン

also: イルージョン

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

A loanword from English, used in contexts like magic tricks, optical illusions, or false perceptions.

イリュージョンを見みせるto perform an illusion (as in a magic show)
マジシャンが観かん客きゃくに見み事ごとなイリュージョンを見みせた。
The magician showed the audience an amazing illusion.
イリュージョンにかかるto be taken in by an illusion
彼かの女じょはイリュージョンにかかって、それが本ほん物ものだと思おもい込こんだ。
She was taken in by the illusion and believed it was real.
〈物もの〉がイリュージョンを起おこすfor something to produce an optical illusion
この模も様ようは不ふ思し議ぎなイリュージョンを起おこす。
This pattern produces a strange optical illusion.

錯さっ覚かくN1
錯覚 is the everyday native Japanese word for a mistaken sensory perception, while イリュージョン is a loanword more often used for stage magic or artistic illusions.
幻げん想そうN1
幻想 refers to a fantasy or imagined vision with a dreamlike, poetic nuance, whereas イリュージョン usually points to a concrete trick or perceptual illusion.
幻げん覚かくN1
幻覚 is a clinical term for a hallucination experienced by the senses, while イリュージョン is broader and often refers to intentionally created illusions like magic tricks.

現げん実じつN3
現実 means reality, the direct opposite of イリュージョン, which denotes something that only appears to be real.

イリュージョンUsage98%
Standard katakana loanword from English 'illusion'.
イルージョンUsage2%
search-only kana form
Search-only variant; the standard spelling is イリュージョン.

Borrowed from English 'illusion'.