- shinkirou mirage
Literary or weather-report word for optical illusions in deserts or cold seas; rarer than 逃げ水 in daily speech.
砂漠で蜃気楼を見た。
Sabaku de shinkirou o mita.
I saw a mirage in the desert.
蜃気楼が海の上に現れた。
Shinkirou ga umi no ue ni arawareta.
A mirage appeared over the sea.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 逃げ水, which specifically names the road-surface heat shimmer.
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