悪夢

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See also: 惡夢 and 恶梦

Japanese

 悪夢 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
悪 夢
あく
Grade: 3 		む
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
惡夢 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

悪(あく)夢(む) • (akumu) 

  1. a nightmare
    • 1999 March 1, “ナイトメア・スコーピオン [Nightmare Scorpion]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
      悪(あく)夢(む)を見(み)せ、うなされている間(あいだ)に四(よん)本(ほん)もある毒(どく)のしっぽを刺(さ)す。
      Akumu o mise, unasareteiru aida ni yonhon mo aru doku no shippo o sasu.
      It will stab you in your worst nightmare with its four poisonous tails.
    • 2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第(だい)壱(いち)夜(や)　下(クダ)リ階(カイ)段(ダン) [Night 1: Downward Stairway]”, in 夢(ゆめ)喰(くい)見(けん)聞(ぶん) [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 5:
      そいつの名(な)前(まえ)は 蛭(ヒル)孤(コ)　悪(あく)(・)夢(む)(・)を糧(かて)とし生(い)きる　「貘(ばく)」である。
      Soitsu no namae wa Hiruko AKUMU o kate toshi ikiru “Baku” de aru.
      His name is Hiruko. He feeds on NIGHTMARES. He is a “baku”.

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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