現うつつ

noun

reality; consciousness; waking state

Almost always used in the set phrase うつつを抜かす, meaning to be so absorbed in something that one loses touch with reality. Rarely used independently in modern Japanese.

• 彼かれはゲームにうつつを抜ぬかしている。

  He is so absorbed in video games that he's lost touch with reality.

• 恋こいにうつつを抜ぬかすのもほどほどにしなさい。

  Don't get too carried away with love and lose sight of what's important.