noun
half asleep and half awake; trance
Describes a state between sleeping and waking, or a dreamy, trance-like condition. Often used in the phrase 夢うつつで.
疲れていて、夢うつつで講義を聞いていた。
I was so tired that I listened to the lecture half asleep.
彼女は夢うつつの
She was in a trance-like state and didn't notice even when her name was called.
noun
dream and reality
Refers to the boundary or mixture of dream and reality. Often used in expressions like 夢うつつの境 or 夢かうつつか.
夢うつつの境がわからなかった。
I could not tell the boundary between dream and reality.
夢うつつの境をさまようような気分だった。
I felt as if I were wandering the border between dream and reality.