夢想|むそうmusou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdream; vision; reverie
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 夢想する(むそうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 夢想します(むそうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 夢想しない(むそうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 夢想しません(むそうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 夢想せず・夢想せぬ(むそうせず・むそうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 夢想した(むそうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 夢想しました(むそうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 夢想しなかった(むそうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 夢想しませんでした(むそうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 夢想して(むそうして) |
| Potential | 夢想できる(むそうできる) |
| Passive | 夢想される(むそうされる) |
| Causative | 夢想させる(むそうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 夢想させられる(むそうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 夢想すれば(むそうすれば) |
| tara | 夢想したら(むそうしたら) |
| Volitional | 夢想しよう(むそうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 夢想しましょう(むそうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 夢想しろ(むそうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym空想くうそうNeutralImagining things out of thin air; in common use, as in 「空想にふける」. 「夢想」 carries more wistful longing.
- Related幻想げんそうWrittenImagines nonexistent things as if they existed, as in 「幻想を抱く」; 「夢想」 is more written/formal and stresses dreams detached from reality.
- Related夢幻むげんWrittenWritten/formal word for dreams and phantoms, also a metaphor for the fleeting and illusory, as in 「夢幻の如く」; stresses unreality.
- RelatedファンタジーNeutralLoanword for fantasy; mostly refers to the fantasy genre in fiction and film, as in 「ファンタジー小説」.
- Related幻まぼろしNeutralA phantom or illusion; also something dreamlike and rare, as in 「幻の名酒」. Stresses being unreal.
- Related白日夢はくじつむNeutralA daydream — idle fancies while awake. Close to 「夢想」 in sense but used less often.
- Antonym現実げんじつNeutralReality; the counterpart to the reality-detached dreams of 「夢想」.
For imagining things out of thin air, say 「空想」; for cherishing unrealistic ideas, 「幻想」. 「夢想」 is written/formal, for dreamlike longing, as in 「夢想だにしない」 (not even dreamed of). For reality, say 「現実」.
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