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幻想 (げんそう): Fantasy / illusion — Japanese vocabulary

幻想 is read げんそう and means "Fantasy / illusion". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

幻想

Reading
げんそう · gensou
Translation
Fantasy / illusion
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
げんそうが

Example

あなたの考えはいわば幻想にすぎません。

あなたのかんがえはいわばげんそうにすぎません。

Your idea is, as it were, a castle in the air.

Kanji in this word

  • 幻 — illusion
  • 想 — Concept, Think, Idea

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