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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| うわの空
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Pronunciation
Noun
上の空 • (uwa no sora)
- distracted; with one's attention elsewhere
- いつも上の空で人の話を聞かない
- itsu mo uwa no sora de hito no hanashi o kikanai
- always distracted and not listening to what people say
- something unheeded; something that does not have one's attention directed to
- the sky above
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN