夢想|むそうmusou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdream; vision; reverie
    ピアノ・コンクールで私が第だい1位いになるなんて夢想むそうだにしなかった。↗
    Never did I dream that I would take first place in the piano contest.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 眠ねむる間あいだの夢ゆめの中なかで思おもうこと。
  2. 夢ゆめのような事ことを考かんがえること。
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