- しょざいない
- しょざいない【所在ない】be [feel] bored; have nothing to do; time hangs heavily on one's hands.所在なげ
●所在なげに見える look bored.
所在なさ boredom; tedium; ennui. [⇒たいくつ]●所在なさに having nothing to do; for want of something (better) to do
・所在なさに…する do to while away the time; relieve the [one's] tedium by 《singing》
・所在なさに子供を相手に半日暮らした. I whiled away half the day (by) playing with the children.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.