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    3. 空想

    空想

    空くう想そう

    daydream

    N2KMT8News #23+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    くうそう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Particle

    1.
    daydream, fantasy, fancy, vision

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    彼かれはいつも空くう想そうにふけっている。

    He is always lost in thought/daydreaming.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    子こ供どもの頃ころは、よく空くう想そうの世せ界かいで遊あそんでいた。

    When I was a child, I often played in a world of fantasy.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    疲つかれていると、つい空くう想そうに逃にげ込こんでしまうことがある。

    When I'm tired, I sometimes find myself escaping into fantasy.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    科か学がくの進しん歩ぽは、かつて空くう想そうでしかなかったことを現げん実じつにしてきた。

    Scientific progress has made things that were once only fantasies into reality.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyScience & MathTechnology
    彼かれの小しょう説せつは、現げん実じつと空くう想そうが入いり混まじった独どく特とくの世せ界かい観かんが魅み力りょくだ。

    The charm of his novel lies in its unique worldview, where reality and fantasy are intertwined.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiteratureArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    空
    そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)
    empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum
    想
    おも.う…(2)
    idea・thought・conception・think
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