這ほう々ほう

noun

confusedly; in perplexity

Describes a state of being flustered or bewildered, often used in the phrase ほうほうの体 (ほうほうのてい) meaning 'in a fluster' or 'in a confused state'. Rare standalone noun use; mostly encountered in this fixed expression.

• 彼かれはほうほうの体ていで逃にげ出だした。

  He fled in a fluster.

• ほうほうの体ていで家いえに帰かえった。

  I went home in a confused state.