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惑溺 (わくでき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
indulgence ; addiction ; infatuation
Describes being deeply absorbed in something, often to an excessive or unhealthy degree. Can refer to romantic infatuation, addiction to substances, or obsessive indulgence in a hobby or pleasure. Somewhat literary.
恋こい に 惑わく 溺でき する あまり 、 仕し 事ごと が 手て に つか なく なっ た 。
So infatuated with love that he could no longer focus on work.
Kanji 惑 beguile, delusion, perplexity Similar words 耽たん 溺でき 耽溺 also means deep indulgence or addiction, but is more common and less literary than 惑溺. 惑溺 often carries a nuance of being misled or blinded by the obsession.
夢む 中ちゅう 夢中 is a more everyday word for being absorbed in something, without the strong negative or excessive connotation of 惑溺.
Etymology Compound of 惑 (confusion, delusion) and 溺 (drowning, indulgence). The combination suggests being so deeply absorbed in something that one loses oneself, as if drowning in delusion.
