幻 (まぼろし, maboroshi) Japanese meaning: phantom | Kotomora漠
で
幻
を
見
た
。
I saw a mirage in the desert.
It might have been an illusion.
Usage patterns
〈物〉が幻に終わるfor something (a plan, hope, dream) to come to nothing, ending as a mere illusion
His dream of winning ended up being nothing but a fleeting dream.
幻を見るto see a vision or apparition
Sometimes you see visions when you have a fever.
幻の〈物〉a legendary or extremely rare N (that almost no one has actually seen)
This is said to be a legendary, near-mythical sword.
幻のように消えるto vanish like a phantom, disappear without a trace
She disappeared without a trace, like a phantom.
