to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state 虚ける [うつける] /(v1,vi) (1) to become empty (hollow)/(2) to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state/ ------- 空ける [うつける] /(v1,vi) (1) to become empty (hollow)/(2) to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state/ |