幻げん覚かく

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Meanings

Refers to a perception of something that is not actually present, often used in medical, psychological, or figurative contexts.

幻げん覚かくを見みるto see/experience a hallucination
彼かれは高こう熱ねつのせいで幻げん覚かくを見みた。
He hallucinated because of the high fever.
幻げん覚かくを起おこすto cause/induce hallucinations
その薬くすりは強つよい幻げん覚かくを起おこすことがある。
That drug can cause strong hallucinations.
幻げん覚かくに襲おそわれるto be overcome by hallucinations
彼かの女じょは眠ねむれない夜よるに幻げん覚かくに襲おそわれた。
She was overcome by hallucinations on a sleepless night.

錯さっ覚かくN1
錯覚 is a misperception of a real stimulus (an illusion), whereas 幻覚 is a perception that occurs with no external stimulus at all (a hallucination).
妄もう想そう
妄想 is a false belief or delusion held despite evidence against it, while 幻覚 is a false sensory perception (seeing, hearing, etc. things that aren't there).
幻げん影えい
幻覚 refers to a hallucination perceived through the senses, often medical or psychological, while 幻影 is a literary or metaphorical illusory image.
イリュージョン
幻覚 is a clinical term for a hallucination experienced by the senses, while イリュージョン is broader and often refers to intentionally created illusions like magic tricks.

幻げん聴ちょう
幻聴 refers specifically to auditory hallucinations (hearing voices or sounds), while 幻覚 is the general term covering any sense (sight, sound, touch, etc.).
妄もう想そう
幻覚 is a hallucination—a false sensory perception (seeing/hearing things that aren't there)—while 妄想 is a false belief held despite evidence, not a sensory experience.
幻げん想そうN1
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.
幻まぼろしN1
幻覚 is a hallucination in the clinical or psychological sense, while 幻 is the everyday, often poetic word for an illusion or phantom.

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From Middle Chinese 幻覺 (hwanH kaewk, 'illusion, hallucination'). The kanji 幻 means 'phantom' or 'illusion', and 覚 means 'perception' or 'sensation'.