虚きょ脱だつ感かん

noun

feeling of despondency; sense of emptiness; dejection

Describes a hollow, drained emotional state, often after disappointment or exhaustion. More psychological than physical.

• 試し験けんに落おちて、虚きょ脱だつ感かんに襲おそわれた。

  After failing the exam, I was overcome by a feeling of despondency.

• 目もく標ひょうを失うしなった彼かれは、しばらく虚きょ脱だつ感かんから抜ぬけ出だせなかった。

  Having lost his goal, he couldn't shake off the sense of emptiness for a while.