How to say "dreamy" in Japanese

• ドリーミー
  na-adjectiveThe loanword taken straight from English, for a hazy, soft, ethereal quality in music, scenery, or atmosphere. It is a less common choice, keeping the imported feel of the English word.
• 夢幻的むげんてき
  na-adjectiveCovers the 'dreamlike, phantasmagorical' side of 'dreamy': scenes, sights, or atmospheres so ethereal and surreal they seem like a dream or fantasy, as in descriptions of misty landscapes or stage lighting.
• 夢見がちゆめみがち
  na-adjective, nounFor a person, not a scene: someone habitually dreamy in the sense of daydreaming — fanciful, rosy-eyed, and unrealistic, with their head in the clouds. Not the word for a dreamy mood or atmosphere.

Choose 「ドリーミー」 for the borrowed-English feel of a dreamy mood or aesthetic, 夢幻的 for dreamlike, phantasmagorical scenes and atmospheres, and 「夢見がち」 for a person prone to daydreaming or unrealistic, rosy-eyed thinking.

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• ドリーミーdreamy
• 夢幻的むげんてきdreamlike
• 夢見がちゆめみがち(tendency of being) unrealistic