放心

ほうしん

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive absentmindedness; preoccupation; being in a daze
2. setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; relief
3. loss of one's moral sense; straying from virtue (Mencian philosophical term; contrast with 良心)

Kanji

• 放 release. Read as ホウ.
• 心 heart. Read as シン.

Example sentences

• 彼は放心した顔つきをしていた。
  He had an absent look on his face.

Words containing 放心

• 放心状態 (ほうしんじょうたい) being in abstraction

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