錯覚|さっかくsakkaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, psychologyillusion; hallucination
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbmisapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding; illusion; delusion; mistake
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 錯覚する（さっかくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 錯覚します（さっかくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 錯覚しない（さっかくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 錯覚しません（さっかくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 錯覚せず・錯覚せぬ（さっかくせず・さっかくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 錯覚した（さっかくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 錯覚しました（さっかくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 錯覚しなかった（さっかくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 錯覚しませんでした（さっかくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 錯覚して（さっかくして） |
| Potential | 錯覚できる（さっかくできる） |
| Passive | 錯覚される（さっかくされる） |
| Causative | 錯覚させる（さっかくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 錯覚させられる（さっかくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 錯覚すれば（さっかくすれば） |
| tara | 錯覚したら（さっかくしたら） |
| Volitional | 錯覚しよう（さっかくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 錯覚しましょう（さっかくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 錯覚しろ（さっかくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymイリュージョンNeutralA loanword for a magic trick or illusion, as in 「イリュージョンショー」; usually refers to large-scale stage magic.
- Related幻覚げんかくNeutralA hallucination, as in 「幻覚を見る」, typically brought on by drugs or illness; 錯覚 is a misperception or misjudgment anyone can make.
- Related幻想げんそうNeutralImagining something nonexistent as real, as in 「幻想を抱く」; the image may be beautiful or frightening. 錯覚 is an error in perception or judgment.
- Related幻影げんえいNeutralA phantom or apparition, as in 「過去の幻影」; it stresses a false image that seems to appear before your eyes.
- Related空想くうそうNeutralDaydreaming, as in 「空想にふける」; it stresses deliberately letting your imagination wander, not misperceiving something.
- Related虚像きょぞうNeutralA virtual or false image, as in 「メディアが作った虚像」; often used figuratively for an image that differs from the truth.
- Related幻まぼろしNeutralA phantom or fleeting vision, as in 「幻の名酒」; it also describes something so rare that it is hardly ever seen.
- Antonym現実げんじつNeutralReality, as in 「現実に戻る」; the direct opposite of the mistaken perception that 錯覚 describes.
- Antonym真実しんじつNeutralThe truth, as in 「真実を知る」; the opposite of the false belief that 錯覚 implies.
Use 「錯覚」 for a mistaken perception or judgment — taking something to be what it is not, as in 「目の錯覚」 or 「〜と錯覚する」. For hallucinations caused by drugs or illness, say 「幻覚」; for imagining things detached from reality, 「幻想」; for active daydreaming, 「空想」. The opposite is 「現実」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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