幻滅 | Japanese meaning

幻滅【げんめつ】

Frequency rank: 17,250. – 17,300.

Alsoげんめつ

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb

disillusionment

This refers to a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. It often happens when reality does not meet expectations.

He got the job he had dreamed of, but soon felt disillusioned.

Example sentences6 results

I was disillusioned at her private life.

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I was disillusioned at his married life.

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幻滅【げんめつ】

Alsoげんめつ

Genmetsuunclassified name

幻滅【げんめつ】

Frequency rank: 17,250. – 17,300.

Alsoげんめつ

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb

disillusionment

This refers to a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. It often happens when reality does not meet expectations.

He got the job he had dreamed of, but soon felt disillusioned.

Example sentences6 results

I was disillusioned at her private life.

Tatoeba

I was disillusioned at his married life.

Tatoeba

国語辞典Japanese definitions

Names

幻滅【げんめつ】

Alsoげんめつ

Genmetsuunclassified name

幻

N1常用

意phantasm; vision; dream; illusion; apparition

訓まぼろし

音ゲン

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滅

N1常用

意destroy; ruin; overthrow; perish

訓ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

音メツ

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Lingaku

Japanese

Chinese

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幻滅【げんめつ】

Frequency rank: 17,250. – 17,300.

Alsoげんめつ

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb

disillusionment

This refers to a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. It often happens when reality does not meet expectations.

He got the job he had dreamed of, but soon felt disillusioned.

Example sentences6 results

I was disillusioned at her private life.

Tatoeba

I was disillusioned at his married life.

Tatoeba

国語辞典Japanese definitions

Names

幻滅【げんめつ】

Alsoげんめつ

Genmetsuunclassified name

幻滅【げんめつ】

Frequency rank: 17,250. – 17,300.

Alsoげんめつ

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb

disillusionment

This refers to a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. It often happens when reality does not meet expectations.