えそらごと

Japanese
Alternative spelling
絵空事

Etymology

From 絵 (e, “picture, painting”) +‎ 空事 (soragoto, “fabrication, fiction”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えそらごと [èsórágótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) えそら​ごと [èsóráꜜgòtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞so̞ɾa̠ɡo̞to̞]

Noun

えそらごと • (esoragoto) ←ゑそらごと (wesoragoto)?

  1. unrealistic fantasy; pipe dream
    ただの絵(え)空(そら)事(ごと)に過(す)ぎない
    tada no esoragoto ni suginai
    pure fantasy, and nothing else

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “絵空事”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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