i don't even speak japanese, but i know what it sounds like and it was very clear in the dream. but how can i hear a language in a dream that i don't even speak? i've had dreams where i heard/spoke in languages that i do speak, but never japanese...
2007-10-30 17:25:43 · 7 answers · asked by RQ 2 in Social Science ➔ Dream Interpretation
the japanese lasted for about 30 min - a minute...
2007-10-30 17:39:12 · update #1
30 seconds to a minute, sorry
2007-10-30 17:39:29 · update #2
and it's been quite a while since i've actually heard japanese...
2007-10-30 17:39:54 · update #3
meneses- sorry, but those sound totally different to me! i'm sure it was japanese...but then again it could be mind tricks. it certainly didn't sound like chinese or arabic...
2007-10-30 17:56:39 · update #4
ps, egyptian is a dead language. no one knows what it sounds like. sorry, no offense, but linguistics is what i live for...
2007-10-30 19:16:40 · update #5
You said it yourself, you know what it sounds like. Chances are it wasn't anything resembling a real language, it's just how you interpreted it. Or maybe it was a snippet of Japanese that you heard on the street or in a movie and it was being replayed. Your mind is an incredibly powerful thing, you know things you don't even know you know. If someone asked you to repeat the bit of japanese you heard at some point in the past, you probably couldn't do it consciously, but it's stored in the back of your head somewhere and your dreams unlock it.
-S-
2007-10-30 17:31:14 · answer #1 · answered by abbefarialit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"linguistics is what i live for..."
This is why you dream about languages. It is very near and dear to you. Now, the Japanese part...It is likely, someone within earshot mention the word Japan or some other variation of the word. You could have even heard the song "I'm turning Japanese" on the radio. Anything is possible.
2007-10-31 08:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by Keith D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Egyptian, Arabic and Ukrainian sound similar; how do you know it was Japanese? On the other hand some people believe that your soul leave your body when you are dreaming, that phenom is called "astral voyage" your soul could be any where and any time. Did you see "déjavu" movie? Sometimes we see or hear something that our soul saw or heard.
2007-10-31 00:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by Meneses 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your dreams are kind of replay of what happened throughout your day or whatever is on your mind. Your dreams pull up different memories that are stored in your subconscious. The Japanese that you heard in your dream was probably either your opinion of what Japanese sounds like or a phrase in Japanese that you heard somewhere.
2007-10-31 00:37:55 · answer #4 · answered by Cristy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let me ask if you understood the language that was spoken and did you also compete in the conversation?
If not, the dream implies that there is something in your life that is foreign to you, something you do not understand. Japanese is an exotic language to those of us in the western world. When we hear a language that we do not speak, in dreams, its meaning indicates we have little knowledge, if any, of what the message is trying to offer.......... and yet, it is spoken word.......
I did a dream for a fellow who dreamt that he lived with an Iraqi family. They spake Iraqi, lived like Iraqi's and there were Iraqi children in the house. He said that he was trying to find a way out. Suddenly, he saw a black air plane and ran out the door dodging bullets. he caught a hold of the rope ladder and climbed up to safety.
Basically, the dream stated that this fellow had a family. But, he no longer associated himself to them.... so he saw them as foreign... and this language of people because he does no longer understand his relationship with them..... but also because we are at war with this country... Naturally, this people because of the war... But, he was hoping to find a woman that would help rescue him from being in the relationship with the woman he was dealing with.
****the dream was done for a friend of mine who found out the guy she had recently gotten involved with was using her. She told him the interpretation and he confessed that he had 7 children by 3 women that he was paying child support to.
Your sister,
Ginger,
((dream interpreter for over 20 years))
2007-10-31 03:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Either you're an otaku, or you heard someone say a sentence somewhere, and it stayed in your head subconsciously.
2007-10-31 00:33:29 · answer #6 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not everything you have in your head is something you understand.
Is that enough words to get the idea across?
2007-10-31 00:36:31 · answer #7 · answered by bahbdorje 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋