夢む幻げん

also: ゆめまぼろし

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

dreams and fantasies; visions; illusory world

Refers to an ephemeral, dreamlike state or a world of illusions, often with a poetic or literary feel. Can be used for both literal dreams and metaphorical fantasies.

彼かれの絵えは夢む幻げんの世せ界かいを描えがいている。
His paintings depict a world of dreams and fantasies.
現げん実じつと夢む幻げんの境さかいが曖あい昧まいになる。
The boundary between reality and illusion becomes blurred.

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Usage patterns

夢む幻げんの世せ界かいa world of dreams and illusions
彼かれの絵えは夢む幻げんの世せ界かいを描えがいている。
His paintings depict a world of dreams and illusions.
夢む幻げんのようにin a dreamlike, fleeting manner
その恋こいは夢む幻げんのように終おわった。
That love affair ended as fleetingly as a dream.

Kanji

夢dream, vision, illusion
幻phantasm, vision, dream

Related words

幻げん想そうN1
幻想 is the common, neutral word for 'fantasy' or 'illusion', while 夢幻 is a more literary term stressing the dreamlike, transient blending of dream and illusion.
幻まぼろしN1
幻 describes a fleeting phantom or vision, whereas 夢幻 poetically merges the ideas of dream and illusion into one abstract state.
夢ゆめN5
夢 is the everyday word for 'dream', while 夢幻 is a more abstract, literary compound suggesting a hazy world of dreams and illusions together.

Opposites

現げん実じつN3
現実 means 'reality', the concrete opposite of the illusory, dreamlike state evoked by 夢幻.

Don't confuse with

無む限げんN2
無限 is pronounced identically to 夢幻 but means 'infinite' or 'boundless', a completely different meaning tied only by sound.

Word family

夢む幻げん的てき
dreamlike; dreamy; phantasmagorical
夢幻泡影むげんほうよう
transience of life; ephemeral nature of all things
夢む幻げん泡ほう沫まつ
transient; ephemeral; fleeting
泡ほう沫まつ夢む幻げん
transient; ephemeral; fleeting

Written forms

夢幻Usage100%
- むげん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading むげん is the most common.
- ゆめまぼろし
  Alternate reading, less common and more literary or emphatic.
ゆめまぼろし

Etymology

Compound of 夢 (dream) and 幻 (phantom, illusion). The reading むげん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; ゆめまぼろし is a native Japanese reading used for poetic effect.