夢ゆめうつつ

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.

• 疲つかれていて、夢ゆめうつつで講こう義ぎを聞きいていた。

  I was so tired that I listened to the lecture half asleep.

• 彼かの女じょは夢ゆめうつつの状じょう態たいで、名な前まえを呼よばれても気きづかなかった。

  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.

• 夢ゆめうつつの境さかいがわからなかった。

  I could not tell the boundary between dream and reality.

• 夢ゆめうつつの境さかいをさまようような気き分ぶんだった。

  I felt as if I were wandering the border between dream and reality.