恍こう惚こつ

noun, adverb taking the 'to' particle, taru-adjective

ecstasy; rapture; trance

Describes a state of being so absorbed in pleasure or beauty that one loses awareness of surroundings. Often used with となる or とした.

• 彼かの女じょの歌うた声ごえに聴ちょう衆しゅうは恍こう惚こつとなった。

  The audience fell into a trance at the sound of her singing.

• 彼かれは恍こう惚こつとした表ひょう情じょうで絵えを見みつめていた。

  He was gazing at the painting with an ecstatic expression.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

senility; dotage

Refers to mental decline in old age; often used in medical or literary contexts. Can appear in compounds like 恍惚状態.

• 祖そ父ふは恍こう惚こつが進すすみ、家か族ぞくの顔かおもわからなくなった。

  My grandfather's senility advanced, and he no longer recognized his family's faces.

• 医い者しゃは彼かれの症しょう状じょうを恍こう惚こつ状じょう態たいと診しん断だんした。

  The doctor diagnosed his condition as a state of senility.