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上の空

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
上 空
うわ
Grade: 1 		そら
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
うわの空

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

上(うわ)の空(そら) • (uwa no sora) 

  1. distracted; with one's attention elsewhere
    いつも上(うわ)の空(そら)で人(ひと)の話(はなし)を聞(き)かない
    itsu mo uwa no sora de hito no hanashi o kikanai
    always distracted and not listening to what people say
  2. something unheeded; something that does not have one's attention directed to
  3. the sky above

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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