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17 幻覚
Hallucination

WaniKani Jisho

Meaning

Primary

Hallucination

Word Type

noun

Reading

げんかく

Notes

Groups

    • 幻 （まぼろし） Illusion, Phantom, Apparition

    • 幻想 （げんそう） Fantasy, Illusion

    • 妄想 （もうそう） Delusion, Fantasy

    • 幻覚 （げんかく） Hallucination

    • 錯覚 （さっかく） Illusion, Misperceiving

Remarks

  • A Hallucination 幻覚 is an illusion 幻 that you awaken 覚 to. Imagine seeing a desert one second and a watering hole the next.

  • His Hallucination was Genji げん wrestling a cock かく

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