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Zach

心ここにあらず

心焉に在らず

Reading

Kana: こころここにあらず
Romaji: kokorokokoniarazu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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1

there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

Kanji

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: エン、 いずく.んぞ、 ここに、 これ
Meanings: how, why, then
Readings: ザイ、 あ.る
Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

Example Sentence

(こころ)ここにあらず、ですね。
➥Your mind is not occupied with your own affairs.
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