also: くうげん · むなこと
noun
Refers to something said that is not true; a deliberate falsehood. The reading そらごと is the most common modern form. The reading くうげん is rare and often appears in Buddhist or classical texts. The reading むなこと is archaic.
See also: 虚言 (きょげん)
彼の話は空言だった。
His story was a lie.
空言を言うな。
Don't tell lies.
Alternate kanji spelling; also read きょげん with a similar meaning.
Rare kana-only spelling for the reading むなこと; archaic or dialectal.
Compound of 空 (sora, 'empty, sky') + 言 (koto, 'word, speech'), with rendaku voicing to goto. The literal meaning is 'empty words', i.e., words without substance.