上の空

Meanings

1. Na-adjective, Noun

   inattention; absent-mindedness

• 彼かれは上うわの空そらだ。

  He's not all there.

• 明あきらかに上うわの空そらよね。

  Your mind is obviously elsewhere.

• 彼かれは授業中じゅぎょうちゅう上うわの空そらだった。

  He had his head in the clouds in class.

• トムは授業中じゅぎょうちゅう上うわの空そらだった。

  Tom was inattentive in class.

• 上うわの空そらで、話はなしを聞きいてたでしょう。

  You were just listening to the talk, without thinking.