没ぼっ頭とう

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没頭する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for deep, single-minded engagement in an activity, study, or pursuit. Often followed by する or used as a noun with に没頭する.

〈事こと〉に没ぼっ頭とうするto immerse oneself in something
彼かれは研けん究きゅうに没ぼっ頭とうしている。
He is absorbed in his research.
〈事こと〉に没ぼっ頭とうするあまり、〈事こと〉を忘わすれるto be so absorbed in something that one forgets something else
仕し事ごとに没ぼっ頭とうするあまり、食しょく事じをするのを忘わすれた。
I was so absorbed in my work that I forgot to eat.

熱ねっ中ちゅうN3
熱中 emphasizes enthusiastic excitement about an activity, while 没頭 stresses deep, often quiet absorption that shuts out everything else.
夢む中ちゅうN3
夢中 describes being so captivated that one loses awareness of one's surroundings, whereas 没頭 suggests a more deliberate, focused immersion.
専せん念ねんN2
専念 is a more formal word for dedicating oneself wholly to a duty or task, while 没頭 focuses on the mental state of being engrossed.
集しゅう中ちゅうN3
集中 refers to concentrating one's attention, a narrower idea than 没頭, which implies being wholly swallowed up by an activity.

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三さん昧まいN1
没頭 is a verb meaning 'to become absorbed in something,' while 三昧 is a noun suffix attached to another word to describe a state of blissful indulgence.
余よ念ねん
没頭する is a verb meaning 'to immerse oneself' in an activity, while 余念(がない) is a fixed adjectival phrase describing the resulting state of having no distracting thoughts.
徹てっするN1
没頭する means to be absorbed in something, while 徹する implies an even more thorough, almost extreme dedication to it.
耽ふけるN1
没頭する is a more formal, neutral term for immersing oneself in an activity, while 耽る often implies excessive or indulgent absorption.
傾けい倒とう
傾倒 stresses admiration and intellectual devotion toward a person or idea, while 没頭 stresses simply losing oneself in an activity without implying reverence.
埋まい没ぼつ
没頭 is the usual word for being absorbed in a hobby or task, whereas 埋没 in this sense is rarer and sounds more literary, often paired with 研究.
無む我が夢む中ちゅうN1
没頭 is a more formal, literary term for immersing oneself in a task, whereas 無我夢中 is more vivid and typically used in spoken or narrative contexts to describe frantic absorption.

没ぼっ収しゅうN1
没収 (confiscation) shares the kanji 没 and a similar sound with 没頭 but has a completely unrelated meaning of seizing property.

From 没 (sink, immerse) and 頭 (head), literally 'sink one's head into', suggesting complete mental immersion.