Illustration: At a low living-room table, an adult unfolds an accordion family photo album with a long empty section in its middle. The photographs before that section show the same distinctive child gradually growing from toddler to school pupil.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空くう白はく

kuuhaku

gap, blank period

Example sentences

  1. 母ははの死しは私わたしの生涯しょうがいに大おおきな空白くうはくを残のこした。

    The death of my mother left a big blank in my life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. このため日本にっぽんの歴史れきしで4世紀せいきは「空白くうはくの世紀せいき」と呼よばれた。

    Because of this, the 4th century is called 'the blank century' in Japanese history.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. なお、描えがく年代ねんだいが4番目ばんめの『増鏡ぞうきょう』との間まには13年間ねんかんの空白くうはくがある。

    There is a thirteen-year gap between "Imakagami" and "Masukagami," which is in the fourth with respect to time period covered.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 空白

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 白whiteOnハク・ビャクKunしろ・しら-・しろい

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