夢物語

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
夢 物 語
ゆめ
Grade: 5 		もの
Grade: 3 		かた(り) > がた(り)
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 夢 (yume, “dream”) +‎ 物語 (monogatari, “story, tale”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from roughly 1220.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

夢(ゆめ)物(もの)語(がたり) • (yume monogatari) 

  1. the accounts of a dream
    Synonyms: 夢語り (yumegatari), 夢話 (yumebanashi)
  2. a pipe dream
    Synonym: 夢語り (yumegatari)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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