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幻想 (げんそう, gensou) Japanese meaning: fantasy | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 幻想する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 幻げん 想そう する 幻げん 想そう しない Polite 幻げん 想そう します 幻げん 想そう しません Past polite 幻げん 想そう しました 幻げん 想そう しませんでした Past 幻げん 想そう した 幻げん 想そう しなかった Te-form 幻げん 想そう して 幻げん 想そう しないで Desire 幻げん 想そう したい 幻げん 想そう したくない Potential 幻げん 想そう できる 幻げん 想そう できない Passive 幻げん 想そう される 幻げん 想そう されない Causative 幻げん 想そう させる 幻げん 想そう させない Causative passive 幻げん 想そう させられる 幻げん 想そう させられない Volitional 幻げん 想そう しよう Polite volitional 幻げん 想そう しましょう Imperative 幻げん 想そう しろ 幻げん 想そう するな Conditional 幻げん 想そう すれば 幻げん 想そう しなければ Tara conditional 幻げん 想そう したら 幻げん 想そう しなかったら
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That is nothing more than an illusion.
He went to the city with a dream (fantasy) in his heart.
Under the influence of the drug, I saw strange visions.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 〈 事こと 〉 に 幻げん 想そう を 抱いだ く for someone to harbor an illusion/fantasy about something
He harbored illusions about married life.
幻げん 想そう が 崩くず れる for an illusion to shatter or collapse
When she learned the truth, her illusions collapsed.
幻げん 想そう を 捨す てる to give up an illusion or fantasy
Some people can never let go of their illusions.
幻げん 想そう の 世せ 界かい a world of fantasy or illusion
This story depicts a world of fantasy.
Kanji 想 idea, thought, conception Related words· 10 空想 is imaginative daydreaming, often playful and personal, while 幻想 is more literary and emphasizes an alluring but unreal image that contrasts with reality.
錯覚 is a sensory or cognitive misperception like an optical illusion, whereas 幻想 is a broader imaginative fantasy or unrealistic hope not tied to sensory error.
夢 is the everyday word for a dream during sleep or a personal aspiration, while 幻想 is more literary and stresses the gap between an idealized image and reality.
幻 is a poetic word for something fleeting and illusory, while 幻想 is the more analytical term for a fantasy or illusion.
Show 6 more 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.
幻想 describes a dreamlike, poetic sense of unreality or illusion, while 妄想 refers to a firmly held, often irrational belief that can be pathological.
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.
幻想 emphasizes a dreamlike or illusory vision, whereas ファンタジー more often labels the fantasy genre itself.
Don't confuse with 幻覚 is a hallucination, a false sensory perception of seeing or hearing something that isn't there, while 幻想 is a broader fantasy or unrealistic belief not necessarily tied to the senses.
幻想 shares the kanji 幻 with 幻滅 but means a fantasy or illusion itself, not the disappointment felt when that illusion breaks.
Word family fantasia; fantasy (music)
non-realistic drama; fantasy play
fantastic; magical; fairytale-like
Etymology From Middle Chinese 幻想 (xjænX sjangX), meaning 'illusion' or 'fantasy'. The kanji 幻 means 'phantom' or 'illusion', and 想 means 'concept' or 'thought'.
夢む 想そう
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幻想 refers to an illusion or fantasy that may involve deception of the senses, while 夢想 is a purely mental, often idealistic, vision.
幻想 leans toward an imagined fantasy or idealized notion, while 幻影 emphasizes a phantom-like visual apparition.
