鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつkyoukasuigetsu

noun

  1. flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface
  2. something that is visible but having no substance
  3. the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences