Word Meaning 同床異夢

どうしょういむ doushouimu

同床異夢 is read as どうしょういむ (doushouimu) and means cohabiting but living in different worlds.

Meaning

English

cohabiting but living in different worlds

Reading

Kana

どうしょういむ

Romaji

doushouimu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 93045 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

同名異人

どうめいいじん

namesake

同異

どうい

similarities and differences

同形異義性

どうけいいぎせい

homography

同形同音異義性

どうけいどうおんいぎせい

homonymy

同形異義語

どうけいいぎご

homograph

同形異音語

どうけいいおんご

heteronym

同音異義語

どうおんいぎご

homophone

同音異義

どうおんいぎ

homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning)

同音異字

どうおんいじ

homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different written form)

同工異曲

どうこういきょく

equal workmanship but different style

同質異像

どうしついぞう

polymorphism

同訓異義語

どうくんいぎご

homonym that has a native Japanese reading