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妄想
妄想
Chinese
| absurd; fantastic | to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
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simp. and trad. (妄想) |
妄 | 想 | |
Noun
妄想
Verb
妄想
- to try in vain
- to be deluded
Japanese
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もう Grade: S |
そう Grade: 3 |
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Noun
妄想 (hiragana もうそう, romaji mōsō)
- a delusion
Verb
妄想する (transitive, hiragana もうそうする, romaji mōsō suru)
- have a delusion; stay in a fantasy
Compounds
- 誇大妄想 (kodaimōsō): megalomania
- 被害妄想 (higaimōsō): delusion of injury
- 妄想症 (mōsōshō): paranoia
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.