JLPT N3 · な-adjective

夢中 (muchuu)

夢中 (むちゅう, muchuu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “absorbed in; immersed in”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むちゅう
Romaji: muchuu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium · noun, な-adjective
within a dream; while dreaming · noun

Example sentences

私は、うれしくて夢中だった。

I was beside myself with joy.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 夢中

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	夢中だ	むちゅうだ muchuuda
Present (polite)	夢中です	むちゅうです muchuudesu
Negative	夢中じゃない	むちゅうじゃない muchuujanai
Past	夢中だった	むちゅうだった muchuudatta
Negative past	夢中じゃなかった	むちゅうじゃなかった muchuujanakatta
Te-form	夢中で	むちゅうで muchuude
Before a noun	夢中な	むちゅうな muchuuna
Adverb (~ni)	夢中に	むちゅうに muchuuni

Kanji in 夢中

夢

dream, vision, illusionム・ボウ・ゆめ・ゆめ.みる · 13 strokes

中

in, inside, middleチュウ・なか・うち · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 夢中.

夢ゆめdream中じゅう(all) through (e.g. the night)中ちゅうmedium (size)中なかinside中々なかなかvery背中せなかback (of the body)途中とちゅうon the way中学校ちゅうがっこうjunior high school集中しゅうちゅうconcentration (on a task)最中さいちゅう(in) the middle of夜中よなかmiddle of the night中央ちゅうおうcentre中学ちゅうがくjunior high school中古ちゅうこused

Source: JMdict entry 1529500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.