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    3. 妄想

    妄想

    妄もう想そう

    delusion

    KMT9News #27+1Ref L1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    盲想

    もうそうぼうそう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    delusion, wild idea, (wild) fancy, (ridiculous) fantasy

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    彼かれは妄もう想そうにとらわれている。

    He is caught up in delusions.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの成せい功こうは単たんなる妄もう想そうではなく、現げん実じつのものとなった。

    His success was not just a delusion, but became a reality.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは、いつか世せ界かいを旅たびするという妄もう想そうを抱いだいている。

    He harbors a wild fantasy of traveling the world someday.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyTravel & Transportation
    その陰いん謀ぼう論ろんは、根こん拠きょのない妄もう想そうに基もとづいている。

    That conspiracy theory is based on groundless delusions.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    科か学がく的てき根こん拠きょのない妄もう想そうに囚とらわれることは、危き険けんな結けっ果かを招まねく可か能のう性せいがある。

    Being caught up in delusions without scientific basis can lead to dangerous consequences.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    妄
    みだ.りに…(2)
    delusion・unnecessarily・without authority・reckless
    想
    おも.う…(2)
    idea・thought・conception・think
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