N2812/1725

空くう想そう

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verbnoun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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くうそう

Meanings

daydream, fantasy, fancy, vision

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは授業じゅぎょう中ちゅうによく空想くうそうにふけっている。

She often loses herself in daydreams during class.

子供こどもの頃ころ、宇宙人うちゅうじんと友達ともだちになる空想くうそうをしていた。

When I was a child, I used to fantasize about becoming friends with aliens.

彼かれの小説しょうせつは豊ゆたかな空想くうそうの世界せかいを描えがいている。

His novel depicts a rich world of fantasy.

現実げんじつから逃にげるために空想くうそうすることは、時ときには必要ひつようかもしれない。

Sometimes it may be necessary to daydream as a way to escape from reality.

彼かれはいつも空想くうそうにふけってばかりいるので、現実的げんじつてきな判断はんだんができないと批判ひはんされた。

He was criticized for always being lost in fantasies and being unable to make practical judgments.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)