Attentive and Oblivious

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Attentive adjective - Having the mind fixed on something.

Usage example: Susan became particularly attentive when the sportscaster turned to women's tennis, her favorite sport

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Oblivious is an antonym for attentive.

Nearby Words: attention, attentively

Oblivious adjective - Not informed about or aware of something.

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Attentive is an antonym for oblivious in unaware topic.

Nearby Words: oblivion, obliviously

Note that this is only oblivious to anyone loving her (Hikari is similarly oblivious when Aoi flat-out states that he's going to seduce her) - Hikari is quite attentive to anything else, including romantic feelings directed towards someone else.

Source: Manga / Special A

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