"鏡花水月" meaning in Japanese

See 鏡花水月 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kʲo̞ːka̠ sɨiɡe̞t͡sɨ] Forms: 鏡花水月 [canonical] (ruby: 鏡(きょう), 花(か), 水(すい), 月(げつ)), kyōka suigetsu [romanization], kyaukwasuigetu [romanization], きやうくわすいげつ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 鏡花水月 /镜花水月 (jìnghuāshuǐyuè) above. See Etymology in Chinese section. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|zh|鏡花水月|sort=きようかすいげつ}} Chinese 鏡花水月 /镜花水月 (jìnghuāshuǐyuè) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きょうか すいげつ|hhira=きやうくわすいげつ}} 鏡(きょう)花(か)水(すい)月(げつ) • (kyōka suigetsu) ^(←きやうくわすいげつ (kyaukwasuigetu)?)
  1. flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface
    Sense id: en-鏡花水月-ja-noun-4ZZ6Ec02 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 4 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese yojijukugo Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 3 19 27 3 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 2 13 35 2 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 59 12 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 19 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 15 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 13 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 18 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 53 14 32 Disambiguation of Japanese yojijukugo: 53 8 39
  2. (by extension, idiomatic) something that is visible but having no substance; illusion, mere shadow, phantom, vision Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-鏡花水月-ja-noun-VYE0qg2F Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with 4 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 36 30 34
  3. the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
    Sense id: en-鏡花水月-ja-noun-Y4xwcZPL Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese terms with 4 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 3 19 27 3 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 2 13 35 2 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 36 30 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 鏡花水月法 (kyōka suigetsu-hō) (ruby: 鏡(きょう), 花(か), 水(すい), 月(げつ), 法(ほう)) (english: a style of expression or storytelling that does not directly describe things, and instead indirectly evokes the appearance of things) 
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