有う頂ちょう天てん

noun, na-adjective

ecstasy; rapture; seventh heaven

Describes a state of being overjoyed or carried away with happiness, often to the point of losing composure. Commonly used as 有頂天になる.

• 彼かれは試し験けんに合ごう格かくして有う頂ちょう天てんになっている。

  He is ecstatic after passing the exam.

• 有う頂ちょう天てんで周まわりが見みえなくなっていた。

  I was so overjoyed that I lost sight of my surroundings.

noun

highest heaven (Buddhism)

Original Buddhist meaning: the highest realm of existence in the formless world. Rare outside religious contexts.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、有う頂ちょう天てんは三さん界がいの最さい上じょう位いとされる。

  In Buddhism, the highest heaven is considered the top of the three realms.