Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

(ゆめ)(もの)(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 edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN