錯覚 (Sakkaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “illusion, hallucination, misapprehension, misconception”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbillusion; hallucination
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbmisapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding; illusion; delusion; mistake
Examples
目の錯覚かと思った。
I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.
彼は自分が天才だと錯覚していた。
He had the illusion that he was a genius.
これはあれよりも長いように見えるが、錯覚だ。
This looks longer than that, but it is an optical illusion.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).