Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.
幻影 (げんえい, genei) Japanese meaning: phantom | Kotomora
Report an issue with this page
げん
影えい
を
見み
た
と
彼かれ
は
言い
っ
た
。
He said he saw a mirage in the desert.
It was nothing more than an illusion.
Usage patterns 幻げん 影えい が 現あらわ れる for a phantom/vision to appear
I felt like a phantom appeared in the hallway late at night.
幻げん 影えい を 見み る to see a phantom/vision
He saw his own phantom image on the water's surface.
幻げん 影えい に 惑まど わされる to be deceived/misled by an illusion
Deceived by the phantom image of an old lover, he can't move forward easily.
幻げん 影えい を 追お う to chase after an illusion
He kept chasing the illusion of eternal happiness.
Kanji 影 shadow, silhouette, phantom Related words 幻覚 refers to a hallucination perceived through the senses, often medical or psychological, while 幻影 is a literary or metaphorical illusory image.
錯覚 is a momentary sensory misperception, whereas 幻影 suggests a more sustained or ghostly false appearance.
幻想 leans toward an imagined fantasy or idealized notion, while 幻影 emphasizes a phantom-like visual apparition.
幻 is the plainer, more poetic native word for a fleeting vision, while 幻影 has a more formal, literary tone for the same idea.
Etymology Compound of 幻 (phantom, illusion) and 影 (shadow, image). The combination conveys a shadowy, unreal image.
