幻
apparition, dream, illusion, phantasm, vision
Readings
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Grade:8
Strokes:4
JLPT:1
Frequency:1564
Vocabulary
ゲン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻覚 | ゲンカク | hallucination; illusion |
| 幻想 | ゲンソウ | fantasy; illusion; vision; dream |
| 幻影 | ゲンエイ | phantom; vision; illusion |
| 幻滅 | ゲンメツ | disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment |
| 幻惑 | ゲンワク | fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻 | まぼろし | phantom; vision; illusion; apparition; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing; very rare thing |
| 夢幻 | ゆめまぼろし | dreams; fantasy; visions |
| 幻を追う | まぼろしをおう | to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms |
| 幻覚キノコ | げんかくきのこ | hallucinogenic mushroom; magic mushroom |
| 夢幻泡影 | むげんほうよう | a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life) |
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