架空

かくう

imaginary, fiction, fanciful

Also:aerial

What does 架空 mean?

架空 is a Japanese noun meaning imaginary, fiction, fanciful in English. It can also be translated as aerial depending on context. It is written as 架空 in kanji, かくう in hiragana, and kakuu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

あなたは本当に幽霊を見たのではない。それは架空のものでしかなかったのだ。

You didn't really see a ghost―it was only imaginary.