Kanji

夢

夢

dream, vision, illusion

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

夕部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ム, ボウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ゆめ, ゆめみる, くらい

Nanori (Name Reading)

ゆめ

Common Readings

ム, ゆめ

Example sentences

夢 ゆめ
子供 の ころ の 夢 は パイロット に なる こと だった 。

My dream when I was a child was to become a pilot.

ような ような
夢 の ような 話 だ

It's a story like a dream.

夢中 むちゅう
彼 は 夢中 で 本 を 読んでいる 。

He is absorbed in reading the book.

玩具 おもちゃ
子供 たち は 新しい 玩具 に 夢中 に なっ て 遊んでいる 。

The children are absorbed in playing with their new toys.

夢を見る ゆめをみる
子供 の 頃 、 私 は パイロット に なる 夢を見ていた 。

When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a pilot.

悪夢 あくむ
昨夜 は 恐ろしい 悪夢 に うなされた 。

I was tormented by a terrifying nightmare last night.

うなされる うなされる
昨夜 は ひどい 悪夢 を 見て 、 夜中 に うなされた 。

I had a terrible nightmare last night and groaned in my sleep.

夢見る ゆめみる
彼 は いつか 自分 の 店 を 持つ こと を 夢見ている 。

He dreams of having his own shop someday.

いまだ いまだ
彼 は いまだ 見ぬ 世界 を 夢見ている 。

He dreams of a world he has yet to see.

夢にも思う ゆめにもおもう
そんな こと が 起きる と は 、 夢にも思わなかった 。

I never dreamed that such a thing would happen.

Example Vocabulary

夢

ゆめ

dream

夢中

むちゅう

obsessed with; absorbed in; daze

夢を見る

ゆめをみる

to dream; to have a dream

悪夢

あくむ

nightmare; bad dream

夢見る

ゆめみる

to dream of; to envision

夢にも思う

ゆめにもおもう

to dream of; to imagine

無我夢中

むがむちゅう

being absorbed in; losing oneself in; frantically

夢想

むそう

夢物語

ゆめものがたり

夢見

ゆめみ

dreaming; the dream one sees

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