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夢

眠っている間に心に現れる映像や感情、出来事。

やさしい英語で： Pictures, feelings, and events that appear in your mind while you are asleep.

• I had a strange dream.
• She woke up from a frightening dream.
• Do you remember your dreams?

使い方： dream about someone/something (I had a dream about my old school.)

よく使う表現： have a dream, bad dream, strange dream, vivid dream

夢、願望

手に入れたい、やりたい、実現したいと強く願うこと。

やさしい英語で： Something you very much want to have, do, or achieve.

• My dream is to travel.
• He finally achieved his childhood dream.
• Their dreams of a better life kept them going.

使い方： dream of doing something (Her dream of opening a café finally came true.)

類義語： ambition, hope, wish

よく使う表現： childhood dream, dream come true, achieve a dream

空想、幻想

実現する可能性が低い、想像上の状況や計画。

やさしい英語で： An imagined situation or plan that is unlikely to become real.

• That plan is just a dream.
• A world without conflict seemed an impossible dream.
• He abandoned his dreams of sudden wealth and found a job.

類義語： fantasy, illusion, pipe dream

反対語： reality

よく使う表現： impossible dream, idle dream, live a dream

夢を見る

眠っている間に、心の中で架空の映像や出来事を体験する。

やさしい英語で： To experience imagined pictures or events in your mind while you are asleep.

• I dreamed about a cat.
• He dreamt that he was lost in a forest.
• Do you often dream when you sleep?

使い方： dream about/of someone/something (I dreamed about my grandmother last night.); dream that… (She dreamed that she could fly.)

よく使う表現： dream about someone, dream of something, dream at night

夢見る

とてもしたいことや欲しいものを思い描く。

やさしい英語で： To imagine something you would very much like to do or have.

• I dream of a bigger home.
• She dreamed of becoming a singer.
• What do you dream about doing one day?

使い方： dream of/about doing something (She dreams of living by the sea.); dream of/about something (He dreams about a better future.)

類義語： hope, wish

よく使う表現： dream of something, dream about something, dream of success

空想する、夢想する

起きているときに、楽しい架空の場面をぼんやり思い描く。

やさしい英語で： To let your mind wander through pleasant imagined situations while you are awake.

• Stop dreaming and listen.
• She sat by the window, dreaming.
• He spent the afternoon dreaming instead of doing his homework.

類義語： daydream

よく使う表現： sit and dream, stop and dream, dream all day