画餅 gabei
gabei
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18 Variants Available
Essential 9 items
Noun
#165326
Noun
#159419
gabeide
て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions
1. Wishful thinking.; Empty promises.
Noun
#166497
Noun
#159832
Noun
#158439
Noun
#165954
gabeideshita
The polite past form
1. Was drawing a pie in the sky.; Was making empty promises.
Noun
#159012
Noun
#163650
gabeidewārimasen
The polite negative form
1. Not just pie in the sky.; Not mere wishful thinking.
Noun
#167705
Common 6 items
gabeijanakatta
The past negative form
1. Wasn't painting a pie.; Wasn't indulging in wishful thinking.
Noun
#160809
gabeidarō
Expresses probability ("probably…")
1. Probably a pipedream.; Probably unrealistic.
Noun
#158866
gabeijārimasendeshita
The polite, past negative form
1. Was not drawing a pie in the sky.; Was not making empty promises.
Noun
#165784
gabeijanakattadesu
The polite, past negative form
1. Wasn't drawing a pie.; Didn't make castles in the air.
Noun
#162143
gabeideshō
Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")
1. Probably a pipe dream.; Likely just wishful thinking.
Noun
#162129
gabeidewārimasendeshita
The polite, past negative form
1. Was not drawing a pie.; Was not idly fantasizing.
Noun
#160275
Advanced 3 items
gabeidattara
The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If [it] were just a pie in the sky; If [it] were just wishful thinking
Noun
#164648
gabeideareba
The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If [one] were to paint a cake; If [it] were a painted cake
Noun
#165479
gabeinara
The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If/when painting a rice cake; If/when imagining a rice cake
Noun
#164453