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陶酔境 (tousuikyou) Japanese meaning: intoxication | Kotomora

陶とう酔すい境きょう

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Meanings

1

intoxication; rapture; fascination

A state of being deeply absorbed or enraptured, often by art, music, or alcohol. Literary and somewhat formal.

彼かれは音おん楽がくに陶とう酔すい境きょう

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。

He experienced a state of rapture through the music.

酒さけの陶とう酔すい境きょうに浸ひたる。

To be immersed in the intoxication of alcohol.

Kanji

陶pottery, porcelain
酔drunk, feel sick, poisoned
境boundary, border, region

Related words

陶とう酔すい
陶酔 is a more common word for intoxication or rapture, while 陶酔境 specifically emphasizes the state or realm of such an experience.

Etymology

Compound of 陶酔 (intoxication, rapture) and 境 (boundary, state, realm). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys a state of being enraptured.