Meaning of 夢(ゆめ) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 夢 JLPT 4

Kana Reading ゆめ

Romaji yume

Example Sentences

夢, ゆめ used in context

恐い(こわい)話(はなし)が聞き(きく)たいなら、数(しばしば)週間(しゅうかん)前(さき)に私(わたし)が見た(みる)夢(ゆめ)のことを話(はなし)してあげるよ。

If you want to hear a scary story, I'll tell you about a dream I had a few weeks ago.
REM睡眠(レムすいみん)中(なか)の脳波(のうは)(のうは)は起きている(おきる)時(とき)と同じ(おなじ)脳波(のうは)(のうは)であり、夢(ゆめ)を見る(みる)ステージです。

The brain waves during REM sleep are the same as when awake, and it's the stage when you have dreams.
「寝てた？」「爆睡(ばくすい)」「そ、そうか(そうけ)？」「なんか(なにか)うなされてたよ。怖い(こわい)夢(ゆめ)でも見てた(みる)？」

I fell asleep? "Totally." "Really?" "You were very restless, did you have a scary dream?"
夢(ゆめ)もなければ生きられない(いきる)。

Man can't live without dreams.
欲望(よくぼう)は夢(ゆめ)に抱かれる(いだく)。

Desire is embraced in a dream.
野球選手(やきゅうせんしゅ)になりたいというあなたの夢(ゆめ)は、一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)に努力(どりょく)すれば実現(じつげん)するでしょう。

Your dream of becoming a baseball player will come true if you try hard.

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Kanji found in this word

夢 JLPT 3

dream, vision, illusion

On: ム, ボウ

Kun: ゆめ, ゆめ.みる, くら.い

13 strokes

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