Illustration: On a quiet apartment living-room floor, a person sits upright beside a low table with unfocused eyes, a slack mouth, and hands resting loosely in their lap. Their gaze passes straight beyond a friend who leans into view and gently waves at eye level.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

虚うつろ

utsuro

vacant, hollow

Example sentences

  1. 虚うつろな目め

    empty eyes

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 心こころの虚うつろさ

    emptiness of the heart

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 望のぞみを失うしなった治兵衛じへえは虚うつろな心こころのままに新地しんちへ赴おもむく。

    Jihe who lost his hopes went to Shinchi with a blank mind.

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

Kanji in 虚

  • 虚void; emptinessOnキョ・コKunむなしい・うつろ

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