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jmdict 2110390 Active (id: 2283514)
見果てぬ夢
みはてぬゆめ
1. [n]
▶ unfulfilled dream
▶ unfinished plans
▶ impossible dream
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1259380 見果てる 1. to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end



History:
5. A 2023-11-16 00:06:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I suspect it's poetic.
4. A* 2023-11-15 19:46:03  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
English N-gram Counts
unfulfilled dreams  7,605
unfulfilled plans     277

unfinished dreams   1,841
unfinished plans      277
  Comments:
Second guessing myself now that I've had coffee. Maybe this is better.
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>unfinished dream</gloss>
-<gloss>unfulfilled plans</gloss>
+<gloss>unfulfilled dream</gloss>
+<gloss>unfinished plans</gloss>
3. A* 2023-11-15 19:24:32  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
sankoku, shinsen, obunsha, etc. have this expression.

Sankoku describes this as 計画. "unfulfilled plans" sounds a little more natural than "unfulfilled dreams."

I wasn't sure about the "impossible" gloss, but I see daijirin has "また、実現不可能な事柄のたとえ。"
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>unfulfilled dream</gloss>
+<gloss>unfulfilled plans</gloss>
2. A* 2023-11-15 14:40:08 
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
1. A 2006-12-04 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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