放ほう心しん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

absentmindedness; daze; preoccupation

Describes a state of being mentally absent, spaced out, or lost in thought, often with a blank expression. Commonly used with する to mean 'to be in a daze' or 'to be absentminded'.

• 彼かれは放ほう心しんしたように窓まどの外そとを見みていた。

  He was staring out the window as if in a daze.

• 放ほう心しん状じょう態たいで電でん車しゃを乗のり過すごした。

  I missed my stop because I was spaced out.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

peace of mind; relief; setting one's mind at ease

Dated usage meaning to stop worrying and feel relieved. Now mostly replaced by 安心 or 気が楽になる in everyday speech.

• その知しらせを聞きいて彼かれはようやく放ほう心しんした。

  Upon hearing the news, he finally felt at ease.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

loss of moral sense; straying from virtue

Archaic Mencian philosophical term referring to the loss of one's innate moral sense, contrasted with 良心 (conscience). Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or philosophical contexts.

• 孟もう子しの思し想そうでは、放ほう心しんは良りょう心しんを失うしなった状じょう態たいを指さす。

  In Mencian thought, 放心 refers to a state of having lost one's moral sense.