幻覚（げんかく）

JLPT N1 · noun

Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop

Meaning: hallucination

Example sentences

• 高熱で幻覚を見た。 — He had hallucinations from a high fever.
• 幻覚と現実を見分ける。 — She tells hallucination apart from reality.

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