夢（ゆめ）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: dream
Example sentences
- 子供のころからの夢がやっとかなった。 — My dream since childhood has finally come true.
- 大きな夢に向かって努力する。 — I'm working hard toward a big dream.
Idioms & proverbs containing “夢”
- 浮世は夢 (うきよはゆめ) — life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient
- 酔生夢死 (すいせいむし) — idling one's life away; living to no purpose
- 無我夢中 (むがむちゅう) — losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
- 同床異夢 (どうしょういむ) — cohabiting but living in different worlds
- 泡沫夢幻 (ほうまつむげん) — transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
- 夢幻泡沫 (むげんほうまつ) — transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “夢” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)