有頂天|うちょうてんuchouten[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noun, na-adjectiveecstasy
   彼かれは喜よろこびのあまり有頂天うちょうてんになっていた。↗

   He was beside himself with joy.
2. noun, Buddhismhighest heavenorig. meaning

• SynonymエクスタシーNeutralLoanword for rapture or ecstatic trance, with a sensual overtone; it lacks the self-satisfied, carried-away pride of 「有頂天」.
• Related恍惚こうこつNeutralNeutral word for rapture or trance; stresses being absorbed or intoxicated, and the feeling need not be joy.
• Related欣快きんかいWrittenWritten word for pleasant, cheerful delight; rarely used, and without the elated giddiness of 「有頂天」.
• Related法悦ほうえつWrittenWritten word for religious joy or rapture; carries a distinctly Buddhist flavor.
• Related歓天喜地かんてんきちWrittenFour-character idiom for jubilant, wholehearted joy; a written word, and a rare one at that.
• Related狂喜きょうきWrittenWritten word for wild joy; stresses being so happy it is almost like going mad.
• Related忘我ぼうがNeutralNeutral word for self-forgetting absorption; the focus is on losing yourself, which may or may not come with the elation of 「有頂天」.

For giddy, carried-away joy, use 「有頂天」, as in 「有頂天になる」; for frenzied joy 「狂喜」; for rapt absorption 「恍惚」. 「エクスタシー」 is sensual, 「法悦」 Buddhist, 「忘我」 self-forgetting and not necessarily joyful; 「欣快」「歓天喜地」 are rare.

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

1. 仏教ぶっきょうにおける世界観せかいかんの一部いちぶ。
2. 色界しきかいの最上位さいじょういである色いろ究竟きゅうきょう天てん。
3. 無色むしょく界かいの非想ひそう非ひ非想ひそう天てん。
4. 我われを忘わすれ、夢中むちゅうになること。