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Emotion & Feeling

うかうか

uka-uka

Carelessly spacing out

Drifting through life without paying attention, letting time slip by. A dreamy carelessness that could lead to trouble.

💡Almost missing a deadline — 'I can't keep being uka-uka or I'll fail the exam!'

Example

うかうかしていたら締め切りを過ぎてしまった。

I was uka-uka and missed the deadline.

Quiz yourself

I was ___ and almost forgot the important meeting.

○○していたら大事な会議を忘れるところだった。

carelessabsent-mindedspacing outlazyinattentive
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