恍惚

• 読み: こうこつ
• ローマ字: kōkotsu
• 漢字の分解: 恍 (kō) — dazed, absent-minded; 惚 (kotsu) — fascinated, entranced
• 発音: /ko.ː.ko.tsɯ/

意味

Ecstasy; rapture; trance; fascination. A state of being so entranced by beauty, pleasure, or sensation that one loses awareness of the surrounding world.

A noun and na-adjective (恍惚とした) describing a blissful, trance-like state of absorption. It can refer to aesthetic rapture — a listener lost in music, a viewer transfixed by art — or to sensory pleasure. Also used in a medical context (恍惚の人 — a person in senile dementia), popularised by Ariyoshi Sawako's 1972 novel. Context determines which sense applies.

例文

1. 美しい音楽に包まれ、恍惚とした表情で聴き入っていた。
2. 彼女は恍惚の境地で、目を閉じたまま動かなかった。
3. 旨い料理を食べながら、思わず恍惚となった。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary writing, art criticism, personal experience

トーン: lyrical

起源と歴史

A Sino-Japanese compound; 恍 (kō) suggests an absent, dazed state and 惚 (kotsu) means 'to be fascinated' or 'entranced.' Together they describe the condition of being so enraptured that one's normal consciousness dissolves.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal