Illustration: At a Japanese kitchen table, a child peers sideways at a spoon standing in a clear glass of water. Through the side of the glass, the submerged handle appears sharply displaced at the waterline, making the spoon look bent. The child reaches toward the apparent kink with a puzzled frown.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

錯さっ覚かく

sakkaku

illusion

Example sentences

  1. これはあれよりも長ながいように見みえるが、錯覚さっかくだ。

    This looks longer than that, but it is an optical illusion.

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  2. 目めの錯覚さっかくかと思おもった。

    I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 目めの錯覚さっかくかしら？

    Is it an illusion?

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Kanji in 錯覚

  • 錯confused; mixOnサク・シャク
  • 覚remember; learnOnカクKunおぼえる・さます・さめる

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