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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

夢のような

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yume no yō na

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dreamlike/ˈdriːm.laɪk/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その美しい景色はまるで夢のようだった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Resembling a dream; having an unreal, surreal, or illusory quality.

    "Walking through the misty morning mountains felt a distinctly dreamlike experience."
  2. 2

    Suggesting a state of detached consciousness, fantasy, or hallucinatory perception.

    "She moved through the crowded room in a dreamlike daze, barely recognizing her surroundings."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English noun 'dream' (from Old English 'drēam', meaning joy, music, or a vision during sleep) combined with the suffix '-like' (from Old English 'gelīc', meaning similar). It developed in the 19th century to describe phenomena, atmospheres, or states of consciousness that share the surreal, illusory, or intensely vivid qualities of a dream.

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