錯覚(さっかく)

さっかく
noun, suru-verb
illusion; misperception; optical illusion
1. optical illusion; sensory illusion
A visual or sensory perception that does not correspond to reality.
これは目(め)の錯覚(さっかく)だ。
This is an optical illusion.
2. misperception; mistaken belief
An incorrect understanding or belief about something.
自分(じぶん)は特別(とくべつ)だと錯覚(さっかく)していた。
I was under the illusion that I was special.
時間(じかん)が早(はや)く過(す)ぎたように錯覚(さっかく)する。
It feels like time passed quickly (but it didn't).

VERB FORM:
錯覚(さっかく)する (to be under an illusion, to misperceive)

TYPES:

  • 目(め)の錯覚(さっかく) (optical illusion)
  • 視覚(しかく)錯覚(さっかく) (visual illusion)
  • 聴覚(ちょうかく)錯覚(さっかく) (auditory illusion)

USAGE:

  • 〜と錯覚(さっかく)する (to mistakenly believe that ~)
  • 錯覚(さっかく)を起(お)こす (to create an illusion)
  • 錯覚(さっかく)に陥(おちい)る (to fall into a misperception)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 幻覚(げんかく) - hallucination (seeing things that aren't there)
  • 幻想(げんそう) - illusion, fantasy (more abstract/romantic)
  • 妄想(もうそう) - delusion, wild fantasy
  • 思(おも)い込(こ)み - assumption, jumping to conclusions

Related Words

Contrast: 幻覚(げんかく) (hallucination)
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Added 2026.1.18 14:06 · Revised 2026.2.19 21:42
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