上の空

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うわのそ​ら [ùwá nó sóꜜrà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠ no̞ so̞ɾa̠]

Noun

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
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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