錯さっ覚かく

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錯覚する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	錯さっ覚かくする	錯さっ覚かくしない
Polite	錯さっ覚かくします	錯さっ覚かくしません
Past polite	錯さっ覚かくしました	錯さっ覚かくしませんでした
Past	錯さっ覚かくした	錯さっ覚かくしなかった
Te-form	錯さっ覚かくして	錯さっ覚かくしないで
Desire	錯さっ覚かくしたい	錯さっ覚かくしたくない
Potential	錯さっ覚かくできる	錯さっ覚かくできない
Passive	錯さっ覚かくされる	錯さっ覚かくされない
Causative	錯さっ覚かくさせる	錯さっ覚かくさせない
Causative passive	錯さっ覚かくさせられる	錯さっ覚かくさせられない
Volitional	錯さっ覚かくしよう
Polite volitional	錯さっ覚かくしましょう
Imperative	錯さっ覚かくしろ	錯さっ覚かくするな
Conditional	錯さっ覚かくすれば	錯さっ覚かくしなければ
Tara conditional	錯さっ覚かくしたら	錯さっ覚かくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

illusion; hallucination

psychology

Primarily a psychological term for sensory illusions or hallucinations, but also used in everyday language for mistaken perceptions.

暗くら闇やみで人ひとの顔かおに見みえたのは錯さっ覚かくだった。
What looked like a face in the dark was an illusion.
疲つかれていると、実じっ際さいにはない音おとが聞きこえる錯さっ覚かくを起おこすことがある。
When you're tired, you may experience an illusion of hearing sounds that aren't really there.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

misunderstanding; misconception; delusion

Refers to a mistaken belief or false assumption, often about a situation or someone's intentions. Can overlap with sense 1 when the mistake is perceptual.

彼かれが親しん切せつなのは下した心ごころがあるからだというのは錯さっ覚かくだ。
It's a misconception that he's kind because he has ulterior motives.
多おおくの人ひとが、成せい功こうすれば幸しあわせになれると錯さっ覚かくしている。
Many people are under the delusion that success will bring happiness.

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Usage patterns

錯さっ覚かくを起おこすto produce/experience an illusion
明あかるい色いろは部屋へやを広ひろく見みせる錯さっ覚かくを起おこす。
Bright colors create the illusion that a room looks bigger.
錯さっ覚かくに陥おちいるto fall into a delusion/misconception
彼かれは自じ分ぶんが特とく別べつだという錯さっ覚かくに陥おちいっていた。
He had fallen into the delusion that he was special.
錯さっ覚かくを覚おぼえるto get the feeling/impression that (something unreal is happening)
まるで時じ間かんが止とまったかのような錯さっ覚かくを覚おぼえた。
I got the eerie feeling that time had stopped.
〜という錯さっ覚かくを抱いだくto hold the misconception that ~
自じ分ぶんは成せい功こうしているという錯さっ覚かくを抱いだいていた。
He was holding onto the illusion that he was succeeding.

Kanji

錯confused, mix, be in disorder
覚memorize, learn, remember

Related words· 10

幻げん覚かくN1sense 1
幻覚 is a hallucination with no external stimulus (often clinical), while 錯覚 covers any misperception, including ordinary optical illusions.
誤ご解かいN3sense 2
誤解 is a general misunderstanding of facts or someone's meaning, while 錯覚 implies a deeper, often sensory or subjective false belief.
勘かん違ちがいN2sense 2
勘違い is the everyday, casual word for a simple mistaken assumption, while 錯覚 sounds more analytical and can describe a lingering false impression.
イリュージョン
錯覚 is the everyday native Japanese word for a mistaken sensory perception, while イリュージョン is a loanword more often used for stage magic or artistic illusions.

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幻げん影えい
錯覚 is a momentary sensory misperception, whereas 幻影 suggests a more sustained or ghostly false appearance.
気きのせい
錯覚 is a more formal, clinical term for an illusion or misperception, whereas 気のせい is a casual everyday phrase used to dismiss a feeling as unreal.
幻げん想そうN1
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.
幻まぼろしN1
錯覚 is a technical term for a sensory illusion or misperception, while 幻 is a broader, more poetic word for an apparition or unreal vision.
妄もう想そう
錯覚 is a misperception of something real (like an optical illusion), whereas 妄想 is a false belief not grounded in any actual sensory stimulus.
思おもい込こみ
錯覚 is a false perception or illusion (often sensory), while 思い込み is a false belief held with confidence.

Opposites

実じっ感かんN2
錯覚 is a false or mistaken perception, the opposite of 実感's genuine, accurate sense of reality.

Don't confuse with

錯さく誤ごN1
錯覚 is a sensory or perceptual illusion (misperceiving reality), while 錯誤 is a mistake or discrepancy in judgment, intention, or fact.
勘かん違ちがいN2
錯覚 refers to a perceptual illusion or false sensory impression, while 勘違い is a mistaken belief or assumption in one's reasoning, not a sensory trick.
錯さく乱らん
錯覚 is a false perception or illusion (a mistaken belief about reality), while 錯乱 is a state of mental confusion or derangement, not merely a misperception.

Word family

貨か幣へい錯さっ覚かく
money illusion

Etymology

Compound of 錯 (confusion, mix-up) and 覚 (perception, sensation). The term was coined in the Meiji period as a translation for Western psychological concepts like 'illusion'.