Illustration: An awake child lies on their stomach on an apartment rug, eyes open and smiling as they guide a toy train along a cushion. From the cushion's far edge, the imagined railway continues upward through the open room as a full-size train glides between clouds.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空くう想そう

kuusou

fantasy, daydream

Example sentences

彼かれは空想くうそうの世界せかいに生いきている。
He lives in a world of fantasy.
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彼かれはいつも空想くうそうにふけっている。
He is always day-dreaming.
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龍りゅうは空想くうそうの動物どうぶつだ。
A dragon is a creature of fancy.
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Kanji in 空想

空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
想idea; thoughtOnソウ・ソKunおもう

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