幻想|げんそうgensou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbfantasy; illusion; vision; dream
    あなたの考かんがえはいわば幻想げんそうにすぎません。↗
    Your idea is, as it were, a castle in the air.
Conjugation
Dictionary form幻想する(げんそうする)
Polite (masu)幻想します(げんそうします)
Negative (nai)幻想しない(げんそうしない)
polite (masen)幻想しません(げんそうしません)
classical zu / nu幻想せず・幻想せぬ(げんそうせず・げんそうせぬ)
Past (ta)幻想した(げんそうした)
polite (mashita)幻想しました(げんそうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)幻想しなかった(げんそうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)幻想しませんでした(げんそうしませんでした)
Te form幻想して(げんそうして)
Potential幻想できる(げんそうできる)
Passive幻想される(げんそうされる)
Causative幻想させる(げんそうさせる)
Causative passive幻想させられる(げんそうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)幻想すれば(げんそうすれば)
tara幻想したら(げんそうしたら)
Volitional幻想しよう(げんそうしよう)
polite (mashou)幻想しましょう(げんそうしましょう)
Imperative幻想しろ(げんそうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymファンタジーNeutralLoanword for the fantasy genre and fantastical works, as in 「ファンタジー小説」; 「幻想」 is an unrealistic thought or vision.
  • Synonym夢幻むげんWrittenWritten word for dream and illusion together, a byword for the fleeting and unreal; 「幻想」 is an unrealistic idea.
  • SynonymイリュージョンNeutralLoanword for an illusion or hallucination, also a stage magic performance; 「幻想」 is a fanciful daydream.
  • Synonym空想くうそうNeutralFree-ranging imagination detached from reality, as in 「空想科学」; 「幻想」 carries a stronger sense of unreality.
  • Synonym想像そうぞうNeutralEveryday imagination or guesswork, free of any negative shade; 「幻想」 is imagining detached from reality.
  • Related錯覚さっかくWrittenWritten word for a perceptual illusion or a mistaken belief; 「幻想」 is a fantasy conjured in the mind.
  • Related幻影げんえいWrittenWritten word for a phantom image appearing before the eyes or in the mind; 「幻想」 is a thought born of imagination.
  • Related夢想むそうWrittenWritten word for what passes through one's dreams or an unrealistic dream; 「幻想」 is the more common word.
  • Related幻覚げんかくWrittenWritten word for perceiving things that do not exist, as in visual or auditory hallucinations; 「幻想」 is subjective imagining.
  • Related幻まぼろしWrittenWritten word for a phantom or illusory thing, also something extremely rare, as in 「幻の名酒」; 「幻想」 is a thought.
  • Antonym現実げんじつNeutralThe reality before your eyes; the direct opposite of 「幻想」.

Use 「幻想」 for unrealistic thoughts, as in 「幻想を抱く」. For plain imagination pick 「想像」, for wild flights of fancy 「空想」, for fantasy works 「ファンタジー」, for perceptual errors 「錯覚」 or 「幻覚」; the opposite is 「現実」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 現実げんじつにないことをあるかのように思い浮おもいうかべること。
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