Illustration: After a small award celebration, a man sits alone in a community hall with a trophy resting loosely between his knees. His expression is vacant, his gaze unfocused, and his free hand lies open on an empty chair beside him.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

空くう虚きょ

kuukyo

empty, hollow

Example sentences

  1. そして時雄ときおは芳子よしこのいない空虚くうきょ感かんのために、芳子よしこが寝ねていた蒲団ふとんに顔かおをうずめ、泣なくのであった。

    Then emptiness of losing Yoshiko made Tokio bury his face into Yoshiko’s futon and cry.

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

  2. 様々さまざまな制限せいげんがあったとしても、各地かくちの府県会ふけんかいが自由民権運動派じゆうみんけんうんどうはの政府攻撃せいふこうげきの拠点きょてんとなったことは、府県会自治ふけんかいじちが空虚くうきょな器うつわでなかったことを意味いみしている。

    Even though there were various limitations, the fact that the prefectural assemblies all over the country became the bases for the Jiyu Minken Undo sects to criticize and attack the government means that the autonomy of prefectural assemblies was not a hollow gesture.

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

  3. 彼かれの謝罪しゃざいは空虚くうきょに聞きこえた。

    His apology sounded hollow.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 空虚

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 虚void; emptinessOnキョ・コKunむなしい・うつろ

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