夢|ゆめyume[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. noundream
2. noundream; hope; wish; aspiration; ambition
   あなたの夢ゆめがみんな実現じつげんされますように。↗

   May all your dreams come true!
3. noununrealistic aspiration; daydream; pipe dream
4. noundelusion; illusion
5. nounfleeting thing; something short-lived

• SynonymドリームCasualColloquial loanword for dreams, mostly in advertising and song titles, as in 「ドリームチーム」.
• Synonym願いねがいNeutralNeutral word for a wish or plea, as in 「願いが叶う」; it stresses praying or pleading for something.
• Synonym希望きぼうNeutralNeutral word for hope or expectation, as in 「希望を持つ」; it stresses what may come true in the future.
• Synonym望みのぞみNeutralNeutral word for a wish or a prospect, as in 「望みが薄い」; it covers both desires and future outlook.
• Related願望がんぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a wish or craving, as in 「結婚願望」; it stresses wanting something.
• Related夢物語ゆめものがたりWrittenWritten/formal prose for an unrealistic fantasy, as in 「そんなの夢物語だ」; it carries a negative, dismissive tone.
• Related憧れあこがれNeutralNeutral word for yearning or admiration, as in 「憧れの人」; it stresses the feeling of admiring someone.
• Related絵空事えそらごとWrittenWritten/formal prose for idle talk detached from reality, as in 「絵空事に過ぎない」; it is pejorative.
• Related憧憬どうけいFormalFormal word for yearning, as in 「憧憬の念」; more formal than 「憧れ」.
• Related理想りそうNeutralNeutral word for an ideal state, as in 「理想の生活」; common in speech and writing, it stresses a standard.
• Antonym現実げんじつNeutralAntonym of 「夢」: reality or the actual state of affairs, as in 「現実は厳しい」.

Use 「夢」 by default for dreams and aspirations. For a wish say 「願い」, for hope 「希望」 or 「望み」, for yearning 「憧れ」, and for an ideal state 「理想」. 「夢物語」 and 「絵空事」 dismiss something as empty fantasy; 「現実」 is the opposite, reality.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 眠ねむっている間あいだに見みたり感かんじたりする、現実げんじつではない出来事できごと。
2. 空想くうそう。夢想むそう。白昼はくちゅう夢ゆめ。ドリーム。
3. 希望きぼう。願望がんぼう。理想りそう。
4. 理想的りそうてきなもの。あこがれのもの。すばらしいもの。
5. はかないもの。実現じつげん可能性かのうせいに乏とぼしいもの。実じつを結むすばないもの。一時的いちじてきに期待きたいを持もたせたにすぎないもの。