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木の虚ろ (きのうつろ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

木きの虚うつろ

Meanings

1

noun

hollow in a tree; tree hollow

Refers to a natural cavity or hollow inside a tree trunk or branch.

森もりの中なかで、古ふるい木きの虚うつろにフクロウが住すんでいた。
In the forest, an owl lived in the hollow of an old tree.

Kanji

木tree, wood
虚void, emptiness, unpreparedness

Etymology

Compound of 木 (ki, 'tree') + の (no, possessive particle) + 虚ろ (utsuro, 'hollow, cavity'). The word 虚ろ itself is of native Japanese origin, with the exact derivation uncertain.