夢物語

Japanese
Kanji in this term
夢 物 語
ゆめ
Grade: 5		 もの
Grade: 3		 かた(り) > がた(り)
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 夢 (yume, “dream”) +‎ 物語 (monogatari, “story, tale”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from roughly 1220.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ゆめものが​たり [yùmé mónógáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝme̞ mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Noun

夢(ゆめ)物(もの)語(がたり) • (yume monogatari) 

  1. [from 1220] the accounts of a dream
    Synonyms: 夢語り (yumegatari), 夢話 (yumebanashi)
  2. [from 1807] a pipe dream
    Synonym: 夢語り (yumegatari)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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