えそらごと

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
絵空事

Etymology

From 絵 (e, “picture, painting”) +‎ 空事 (soragoto, “fabrication, fiction”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

えそらごと • (esoragoto) ←ゑそらごと (wesoragoto)?

  1. unrealistic fantasy; pipe dream
    ただの絵(え)空(そら)事(ごと)に過(す)ぎない
    tada no esoragoto ni suginai
    pure fantasy, and nothing else

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “絵空事”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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