Japanese symbol for “dreamlike”
夢幻的
むげんてき
Romaji: mugenteki
dreamlike; dreamy; phantasmagorical
In Japanese, dreamlike is 夢幻的, read むげんてき (mugenteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na dreamlike; dreamy; phantasmagorical
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dreamlike”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ふにふに | ふにふに funifuni | soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悪夢 | あくむ akumu | nightmare; bad dream |
| 夢中 | むちゅう muchuu | absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about |
| 夢にも | ゆめにも yumenimo | (not) in the slightest; (not) at all |
| 夢想 | むそう musou | dream; vision; reverie |
| 夢幻 | むげん mugen | dreams; fantasy; visions |
| 夢見 | ゆめみ yumemi | having a dream |
| 幻想 | げんそう gensou | fantasy; illusion; vision |
| 幻覚 | げんかく genkaku | hallucination; illusion |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.