放ほう心しん状じょう態たい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

dazed state; absent-mindedness; abstraction

Describes a state of mental blankness or distraction, often after a shock or when lost in thought. The gloss 'stargazing' is a rare, figurative rendering.

• 事じ故この後あと、彼かれは放ほう心しん状じょう態たいで道みちに座すわり込こんでいた。

  After the accident, he sat on the road in a daze.

• 試し験けん中ちゅうに放ほう心しん状じょう態たいになって、問もん題だいが解とけなかった。

  I went blank during the exam and couldn't solve the problems.