恍こう惚こつ状じょう態たい

noun

ecstasy; rapture; trance; reverie

Describes a state of being so absorbed in pleasure or emotion that one loses awareness of surroundings; can be positive (bliss) or neutral (trance-like).

• 彼かの女じょは音おん楽がくに聴きき入いり、恍こう惚こつ状じょう態たいになった。

  She listened to the music and fell into a state of rapture.

• 瞑めい想そう中ちゅうに恍こう惚こつ状じょう態たいに陥おちいることがある。

  During meditation, one may enter a trance-like state.

noun

senile dementia

Medical or formal term for dementia in the elderly; less common in everyday conversation, where 認知症 is preferred.

• 高こう齢れい者しゃの恍こう惚こつ状じょう態たいは、適てき切せつなケアが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Senile dementia in the elderly requires appropriate care.