空そら

noun

sky; the air; the heavens

The physical sky or the space above; also used in poetic or literary contexts for the heavens.

• 空そらがきれいに晴はれている。

  The sky is beautifully clear.

• 鳥とりが空そらを飛とんでいる。

  Birds are flying in the sky.

noun

weather

Used in expressions like 空模様 (weather conditions) or 空が怪しい (the weather looks threatening).

• 今日きょうは空そらがどんよりしている。

  The weather is gloomy today.

noun

far-off place; distant place

Often used in set phrases like 空の果て (the ends of the earth) or 空遠く (far away).

• 彼かれは空そらの彼か方なたへ旅たび立だった。

  He set off for a distant land.

noun

state of mind; feeling

Appears in the pattern 〜空もない, meaning 'too preoccupied to notice anything else'.

• 彼かの女じょは恋こいに落おちて、勉べん強きょうどころの空そらもない。

  She's fallen in love and has no mind for studying.

noun

from memory; by heart

Used adverbially as 空で, meaning 'by heart' or 'from memory'.

• 彼かれは長ながい詩しを空そらで言いえる。

  He can recite a long poem from memory.

noun

falsehood; lie

Used in compounds like 空言 (そらごと, lie) or 空頼み (false hope). Rarely used alone.

• それは空そら言ごとに過すぎない。

  That's nothing but a lie.

noun, used as a prefix

somehow; vaguely

Prefix-like use before adjectives, expressing a vague or uncertain feeling.

• 空そら恐おそろしい話はなしだ。

  It's a vaguely frightening story.

noun, used as a prefix

fake; pretended

Prefix-like use before nouns or verbs, indicating something false or pretended.

• 空そら泣なきして同どう情じょうを引ひこうとした。

  He tried to gain sympathy by fake crying.