烏う有ゆううゆうじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounnonexistence; nothingnessA literary or classical term for the state of not existing; often used in the set phrase 烏有に帰する (to come to nothing, to be reduced to nothing). Rare in everyday speech.彼かれの努ど力りょくは烏う有ゆうに帰きした。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHis efforts came to nothing.「烏う有ゆう」は、何なにもないことを表あらわす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。Break this sentence down in the analyzer烏有 is an old word meaning nothingness.See all 6 example sentences ›Expressions烏う有ゆうに帰きすbe reduced to ashes; come to nothing烏う有ゆうに帰きするbe reduced to ashes; go up in smoke