恍惚

こうこつ

Meanings

1. Noun, Adverb, たる-adjective ecstasy; rapture; trance
2. Noun, の-adjective senility

Kanji

• 恍 unclear; senile; stupid. Read as コウ.
• 惚 fall in love with; admire; grow senile. Read as コツ.

Example sentences

• よいものを読んだ後、何も書くな、何も言うな、お前は、その美しい恍惚を、お前の汚れた言葉で汚す恥知らずを敢てするな。
  After reading something beautiful, write nothing, say nothing; do not be so shameless as to sully that exquisite rapture with your filthy words.

Words containing 恍惚

• 恍惚状態 (こうこつじょうたい) state of ecstasy

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