Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 虚きょ 無む を 感かん じる for someone to feel a sense of nothingness
Having lost sight of the meaning of life, he felt a sense of nothingness.
虚きょ 無む に 陥おちい る to fall into a state of nihility
Having lost everything, she fell into a deep state of nihility.
虚きょ 無む に 襲おそ われる to be overcome by a sense of nothingness
Late at night, I'm sometimes suddenly overcome by a feeling of emptiness.
Kanji 虚 void, emptiness, unpreparedness 無 nothingness, none, ain't Related words 無 is a broader, everyday term for nothingness or non-existence, while 虚無 carries a heavier, philosophical or literary sense of existential emptiness.
空虚 can describe a physical hollowness or a hollow feeling, whereas 虚無 is more abstract, pointing to a philosophical void or meaninglessness.
虚無 refers to a deep, almost philosophical nihilistic void, while 虚ろ is used more concretely to describe a vacant look or hollow feeling in the moment.
虚無 emphasizes philosophical nothingness or nihility, while 虚空 more often pictures an actual vast, empty space (like the sky).
Word family· 8 the Nihilists
sense of emptiness; feeling of meaninglessness
nihilistic
rising above worldly trivia; calm and selfless detachment
boring game; monotonous game
Show 3 more Show fewer Etymology Compound of 虚 (kyo, 'void, emptiness') and 無 (mu, 'nothingness'). The combination reinforces the concept of absolute nothingness or nihilism.
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