恍惚|こうこつkoukotsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, adverb (with と), taru-adjectiveecstasy; rapture; trance
2. no-adjectivesenility

• SynonymエクスタシーCasualLoanword for intense rapture, often with sensual overtones; also the drug MDMA. Mostly colloquial, and unlike 「恍惚」 it doesn't cover hazy consciousness.
• Synonym法悦ほうえつWrittenReligious bliss with a Buddhist coloring, also extended to rapture in general; a word for written prose rather than conversation.
• Synonym忘我ぼうがNeutralForgetting yourself through total absorption; stresses immersion and needn't be blissful, while 「恍惚」 suggests enraptured, dreamy delight.
• Synonym恍惚状態こうこつじょうたいWrittenNames the state itself: enraptured trance, or senile dementia. Written in flavor, and more explicitly a 'state' than 「恍惚」.
• Related有頂天うちょうてんNeutralOverjoyed to the point of being carried away, with a smug, elated nuance; 「恍惚」 stresses blissful trance instead.
• Related茫然自失ぼうぜんじしつWrittenA stunned, dumbfounded daze, typically after a shock — the opposite direction from the blissful absorption of 「恍惚」. Written word.
• Related夢うつつゆめうつつNeutralHalf asleep and half awake, groggy and unfocused; close to 「恍惚」 in the hazy-consciousness sense but with no hint of rapture.
• Related夢心地ゆめごこちNeutralA dreamlike mood where everything feels pleasantly unreal; lighter and gentler than the intense 「恍惚」.
• Related歓天喜地かんてんきちWrittenA four-character idiom for jubilant joy; written in flavor and rarely used. It stresses delight, not the trance of 「恍惚」.
• Antonym正気しょうきNeutralSanity — a clear, normal state of mind; the antonym of 「恍惚」, whether enraptured or hazy with confusion.

Use 「恍惚」 or 「うっとり」 for blissful, self-forgetting rapture; 「恍惚」 also covers a hazy, unfocused mind. For a light, dreamlike happiness pick 「夢心地」; for giddy, carried-away delight 「有頂天」; for a stunned daze 「茫然自失」. 「エクスタシー」 is colloquial and sensual, 「法悦」 religious and written.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 何なんかに心こころを奪うばわれうっとりすること。また、そのようなさま。
2. 意識いしきがぼんやりしていてはっきりしないこと。また、そのようなさま。
3. 認知症にんちしょうで脳のうの機能きのうが低下ていかしているさま。