空くう虚きょ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

emptiness; hollowness; void

Physical or spatial emptiness, or a state of being vacant and hollow. Can also describe a feeling of inner emptiness.

何なに

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なかっ

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The room was empty, with nothing in it.

彼かれの心こころは空くう虚きょだった。

His heart felt empty.

2

inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

Abstract emptiness: lack of meaning, substance, or value. Often used for ideas, words, or actions that feel hollow or futile.

〈人ひと〉の心こころが空くう虚きょになるfor someone's heart to feel empty or hollow
彼かれは成せい功こうしても心こころが空くう虚きょになった。
Even after succeeding, his heart felt empty.
空くう虚きょな〈言こと葉ば〉empty, hollow words lacking sincerity or meaning
彼かれの謝しゃ罪ざいは空くう虚きょな言こと葉ばに過すぎなかった。
His apology was nothing but empty words.
〈事こと〉の空くう虚きょさを感かんじるto feel the emptiness or pointlessness of something
毎まい日にち同おなじ生せい活かつを繰くり返かえすことの空くう虚きょさを感かんじた。
I felt the emptiness of repeating the same routine every day.
〈場ば所しょ〉が空くう虚きょだa place is empty or hollow (physically vacant)
誰だれもいない部屋へやは空くう虚きょだった。
The room with no one in it felt empty and hollow.

空からっぽN2sense 1
空っぽ is a casual, concrete word for something physically empty (like an empty box), while 空虚 is more formal and can describe both physical and abstract emptiness.
虚きょ無むN1sense 2
虚無 is a stronger, philosophical term for total nothingness or nihilism, while 空虚 describes a milder sense of hollowness or lack of meaning.
空むなしいN1sense 2
虚しい is an i-adjective expressing a personal feeling of futility or emptiness, while 空虚 is a noun/na-adjective used more objectively or formally.
空くう洞どう sense 1
空洞 refers to a literal hollow cavity, such as inside a tree or the ground, whereas 空虚 can describe both physical and abstract emptiness.

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虚うつろN1
空虚 is a more abstract, philosophical term for emptiness of meaning or purpose, while 虚ろ more often describes the visible emptiness in a person's eyes, voice, or expression.
空くう疎そ
空虚 is the more common word for emptiness, covering both physical and emotional voids, while 空疎 is reserved for abstract ideas, arguments, or plans that lack substance.
空からN3
空虚 is a formal, often abstract word for emptiness (as in emotional or philosophical hollowness), whereas 空 usually describes a literally empty container or space.

充じゅう実じつN2
空虚 means hollow or empty, the direct opposite of the fullness and substance implied by 充実.

Compound of 空 (empty, sky) and 虚 (void, false). The combination reinforces the idea of emptiness or hollowness, both physically and abstractly.

真しん空くう

N2

空虚 describes an abstract sense of emptiness or futility in life or feelings, whereas 真空 refers to a literal absence of matter or an absolute void.

空虚 describes an emptiness or hollowness (often emotional), while 無意味 more directly says something has no point or purpose.