悪夢(あくむ)

あくむ
noun
nightmare, bad dream
1. nightmare, bad dream
A frightening or unpleasant dream. Also used figuratively to describe a terrible experience or situation that one wishes to forget.
悪夢(あくむ)を見(み)た。
I had a nightmare.
悪夢(あくむ)のような一日(いちにち)だった。
It was a nightmarish day.
あの事故(じこ)は今(いま)でも悪夢(あくむ)として記憶(きおく)に残(のこ)っている。
That accident still remains in my memory as a nightmare.

悪夢(あくむ) combines 悪(あく) (bad, evil) and 夢(ゆめ) (dream).

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 悪夢(あくむ)を見(み)る: to have a nightmare
  • 悪夢(あくむ)のような: nightmarish, like a nightmare
  • 悪夢(あくむ)から覚(さ)める: to wake from a nightmare (literal and figurative)
  • 悪夢(あくむ)にうなされる: to be tormented by nightmares

FIGURATIVE USE:

Often used metaphorically to describe terrible experiences or periods:

  • 悪夢(あくむ)の三年間(さんねんかん): three nightmarish years
  • 悪夢(あくむ)が再(ふたた)び: the nightmare returns
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