幻|まぼろしmaboroshi[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivephantom; vision; illusion; apparition
   その幻まぼろしは意識いしきの中なかに宿やどり、静寂せいじゃくのなかで動うごかない。↗

   The vision that was planted in my senses still silently lingers.
2. no-adjectivesomething fleeting; short-lived dream
3. no-adjectivefabled item; mythical thing; very rare thing

• Synonym幻影げんえいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a phantom that seems real. 「幻」 is more colloquial and also covers extremely rare things, as in 「幻の名酒」.
• SynonymイリュージョンCasualLoanword for an illusion, also a stage magic trick. 「幻」 is a native Japanese word.
• SynonymファントムCasualLoanword for a phantom or ghost. 「幻」 is the more everyday word.
• Synonym幻覚げんかくNeutralPerceiving something that is not there, as in visual or auditory hallucinations; used in both daily speech and medicine. 「幻」 is the unreal thing itself.
• Synonym夢幻むげんWrittenWritten/formal prose combining dreams and illusion, evoking fleeting impermanence. 「幻」 alone is more concise.
• Synonym幻像げんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose for an illusory image. In everyday speech 「幻」 is the normal choice.
• Related幻想げんそうNeutralImagining something that does not exist in reality, sometimes with a nuance of being unrealistic. 「幻」 points to a fleeting image before the eyes or a rare thing.
• Related錯覚さっかくNeutralA perceptual illusion or a mistaken belief. 「幻」 is an unreal thing itself, not an error of perception.
• Related空想くうそうNeutralFree-ranging fancy or daydreaming. 「幻」 is the illusory image itself, not the act of imagining.
• Related虚像きょぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose for an optical virtual image or a fabricated false image. 「幻」 is the illusory thing itself.
• Related夢想むそうWrittenWritten/formal prose for what one dreams or idly imagines. 「幻」 is a fleeting vision, not the dreaming.
• Antonym現実げんじつNeutralThe facts actually there before you; the direct opposite of the illusory 「幻」.
• Antonym実在じつざいWrittenWritten/formal prose for actual, real existence; the opposite of 「幻」.

Use 「幻」 for an illusory image, something fleeting, or an extremely rare item, as in 「幻の名作」. In written prose a phantom is 「幻影」; imagining what does not exist is 「幻想」; perceiving what is not there is 「幻覚」. The opposite is 「現実」.

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

1. （まぼろし）実体じったいがないのに実在じつざいするように見みえること。
2. （まぼろし）すぐ消きえる儚はかないもの。
3. （まぼろし）実在じつざいするかどうか確認かくにんされていないもの。