幻げん想そう的てき

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Meanings

1

na-adjective

fantastic; magical; fairytale-like

Describes something dreamlike, enchanting, or otherworldly, often with a sense of beauty and wonder. Used for scenery, atmosphere, art, and stories.

その映えい画がの幻げん想そう的てきな世せ界かい観

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I was drawn into the movie's fantastical world.

夜よるの森もりは幻げん想そう的てきな雰ふん囲い気きに包つつまれていた。

The forest at night was wrapped in a magical atmosphere.

Kanji

幻phantasm, vision, dream
想idea, thought, conception
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

ロマンチックN1
ロマンチック describes a mood evoking love or sentimental charm, while 幻想的 describes something dreamlike or fantastical without a romantic-love connotation.
神しん秘ぴ的てき
幻想的 highlights a dreamlike, fantastical beauty, whereas 神秘的 stresses an unexplainable, often sacred or uncanny depth.
シュール
幻想的 means fantastical or dreamlike in a beautiful, mysterious way, while シュール adds a note of oddness or absurdity to that dreamlike quality.

Built from

幻げん想そう+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 幻想 (fantasy, illusion) + 的 (-like, -tic). The suffix 的 forms adjectival nouns from nouns, giving the meaning 'fantasy-like' or 'fantastical'.