Keyword
illusion
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig2006
Readings
げん
(68%)
Composed of
thread spool
clothes hanger
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
hallucination; illusion
phantom; vision; illusion
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
auditory hallucination
disillusionment
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
visual hallucination; vision
dreams; fantasy; visions
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
phantom; vision; illusion
transformation
dreams; visions; phantasms
hallucinogen; psychedelic
slide (used for projection); magic lantern
slide (used for projection); magic lantern
dreamlike; dreamy; phantasmagorical
to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms
fascinating; bewitching; dazzling; entrancing
phantom limb
magic lantern; slide projector
confusing people; magic; ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown
witchcraft user; magician
paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
strange or mysterious and troubling
parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the Sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom
a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)
apparition
hallucinogenic mushroom
transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
non-realistic drama
phantom tooth pain
strange; mysterious
wife; woman; prostitute; streetwalker
Examples (11 in total)
Safety is an illusion.
Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.
Reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.