Illustration: On a grassy river embankment in a Japanese residential neighborhood, a child lies on their back beside a grandparent, both looking directly upward. The child raises an arm toward an enormous cloud with a rounded belly and tiny trailing wisps, laughing at its shape.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空そら

sora

sky

Example sentences

ワシが空そらを飛とんでいる。
An eagle is flying in the sky.
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空そらは青あおい。
The sky is blue.
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空そらが晴はれた。
The sky has become clear.
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Kanji in 空

空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき

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