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空白 (くうはく, kuuhaku) Japanese meaning: blank space | Kotomora

空くう白はく

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

blank space; blank area

Specifically a blank space in a document, form, or written material.

この書しょ類るいの空くう白はくに名な前まえを書かいてください。

Please write your name in the blank space on this document.

2

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective

blank; void; gap; vacuum

Abstract or physical emptiness; can be used adjectivally with な or の.

彼かれの記き憶おくには空くう白はくの期き間かんがある。
There is a blank period in his memory.
画が面めんが突とつ然ぜん空くう白はくになった。
The screen suddenly went blank.

3

whitespace

Computing term for whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, etc.).

プログラムでは空くう白はくを無む視しする設せっ定ていになっている。
The program is set to ignore whitespace.

Usage patterns

空くう白はくを埋うめるto fill in a blank
書しょ類るいの空くう白はくを埋うめてください。
Please fill in the blanks on the document.
〈物もの〉に空くう白はくがあるthere is a blank space in something
履り歴れき書しょに空くう白はくがある。
There's a blank space on the resume.
空くう白はくのままにするto leave something blank
この欄らんは空くう白はくのままにしておいてください。
Please leave this field blank.
〈事こと〉が空くう白はくになるsomething becomes a blank/void
事じ故この記き憶おくがすっかり空くう白はくになっている。
My memory of the accident has become a complete blank.

Kanji

空empty, sky, void
白white

Related words· 7

空くう欄らん sense 1
空欄 refers specifically to a blank field or box on a form, while 空白 is the broader term for any blank space or emptiness.
余よ白はくN2sense 1
余白 is the blank margin or empty space around text or images on a page, whereas 空白 can refer to any blank area, including within the text itself.
隙すき間まN2sense 2
隙間 emphasizes a physical gap or crack between objects, while 空白 refers more to an empty area or void, often abstract or temporal.
白しろN5
空白 is the formal term for a blank or empty space, while 白 is used more informally for an unfilled area on a form or page.

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ブランク
空白 is the formal, native-Japanese word for an empty space or void, while ブランク is a casual loanword used the same way but also extended to career gaps.
白はく紙しN1
白紙 refers to an actual blank sheet of paper, while 空白 refers more abstractly to an empty space, gap, or blank interval.
間かん隔かくN2
空白 is the everyday word for blank space or whitespace in text and computing, while 間隔 sounds more technical or standards-like in the same context.

Counted with

箇か所しょN2
Used when counting 空白 (blank spaces) as distinct locations or spots on a page or document.

Word family· 11

空くう白はく列れつ
blank sequence; blank string
空くう白はく区く
vacant constituency
空くう白はく文も字じ
space character; whitespace character; blank character
空くう白はく時じ間

Etymology

Compound of 空 (empty) and 白 (white), literally 'empty white'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys the idea of a blank or empty space.

かん

idle time; down time; window period

空くう白はく期き間かん

blank period; gap; interregnum

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先せん頭とうの空くう白はく
leading whitespace
地じ震しん空くう白はく域いき
seismic gap
政せい治じ的てき空くう白はく
political vacuum
空くう白はく恐きょう怖ふ症しょう
fear of blank days; fear of having nothing scheduled
道どう徳とく的てき空くう白はく
moral vacuum

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