Where does “現実逃避” come from?

現実逃避 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 現実, from Middle Chinese 現實.

現実逃避 (Japanese): escape from reality; to escape from reality

Definitions

  1. escape from reality; to escape from reality

Ancestry of “現実逃避”, step by step

現実逃避 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 現実

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese現実reality
2Middle Chinese現實

via Japanese 逃避

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese逃避escape; avoidance; to avoid something considered...
Every word from Middle Chinese 現實Every word from Japanese 現実
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