Japanese Jouyou-kanji “空” means “Emptiness”, “Air” or “Falsehood” etc.
Words |
Meanings |
空巣(あきす-a ki su) |
① Empty nest, ② Sneak thief, Burglar |
空地(あきち-ka ki chi) |
Open area, Open land space |
空家(あきや-a ki ya) |
Vacant house, Unoccupied house |
空蝉(うつせみ-u tsu se mi) |
① Cast-off skin of a cicada, ② One’s present existence, This mortal frame, This world, This life, Temporal things |
空揚げ or 唐揚げ(からあげ-ka ra a ge) |
Fried chicken, Deep fried food, Deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or starch |
空威張り(からいばり-ka ra i ba ri) |
Bluff, Bluster, Trying to show power without any real power |
空籤(からくじ-ka ra ku ji) |
Blank (ticket), Unsuccessful lottery ticket |
空景気(からげいき-ka ra ge i ki) |
False prosperity, Superficial prosperity, Borrowed boom |
空元気(からげんき-ka ra ge n ki) |
To pretend to be energetic only on the surface, Pretending one is fine, Mere bravado |
空茶(からちゃ-ka ra cha) |
Tea served without sweets |
空っ風(からっかぜ-ka ra kka ze) |
Dry wind (without rain or snow) |
空梅雨(からつゆ-ka ra tsu yu) |
Dry rainy season |
空手(からて-ka ra te) |
Karate (One of Japanese martial art) |
空手形(からてがた-ka ra te ga ta) |
① Fictitious bill, Dishonoured bill, Bad check, ② Empty promise |
空振り(からぶり-ka ra bu ri) |
① Swing and a miss, ② (Punching and) failing to make contact, ③ (Ending in) failure, Fruitless effort, Vain attempt |
空回り(からまわり-ka ra ma wa ri) |
Idling, Fruitless effort |
空位(くうい-ku u i) |
Vacant post |
空間(くうかん-ku u ka n) |
Space, Vacuity, Void, Room |
空閑地(くうかんち-ku u ka n chi) |
Vacant lot, Vacant land |
空気(くうき-ku u ki) |
① Air, Atmosphere, ② Mood, Situation, ③ Someone who doesn’t stand out at all |
空気銃(くうきじゅう-ku u ki ju u) |
Air gun, Air pistols |
空虚(くうきょ-ku u kyo) |
① Emptiness, Hollowness, Vacancy, Void, ② Inanity, Pointlessness, Meaninglessness |
空々(くうくう-ku u ku u) |
① All existence in the universe is empty, and the principle of emptiness itself is empty, ② Empty mind, Vacant mind, Void minded, Absent-minded |
空軍(くうぐん-ku u gu n) |
Air force |
空閨(くうけい-ku u ke i) |
Lonely spouseless bedroom, Bedroom of a neglected spouse |
空隙(くうげき-ku u ge ki) |
Cavity, Void, Porosity, Gap, Lacuna |
空拳(くうけん-ku u ke n) |
Empty hand, Bare hands |
空言(くうげん or そらごと-ku u ge n (or) so ra go o) |
Falsehood, Lie, Meaninglessness, Nonsensicality, Bunk, Nonsense, Hokum |
空港(くうこう-ku u ko u) |
Airport, Aerial port |
空谷(くうこく-ku u ko ku) |
Lonely or uninhabited valley |
空際(くうさい-ku u sa i) |
Horizon, Point where the sky meets the earth |
空山(くうざん-ku u za n) |
Deserted lonely mountain |
空室(くうしつ-ku u shi tsu) |
Vacant room, Vacancy, Unoccupied room, Empty room |
空車(くうしゃ or あきぐるま-ku u sha (or) a ki gu ru ma) |
Empty car, Free (taxi), Empty conveyance |
空襲(くうしゅう-ku u shu u) |
Air raid, Airstrike, Air attack |
空所(くうしょ-ku u sho) |
Void space, Cavity, Void, Dead space, Blank, Gap, Dead space |
空席(くうせき-ku u se ki) |
Vacant seat, Vacancy, Open seat |
空説(くうせつ-ku u se tsu) |
Groundless rumor, Groundless story |
空前(くうぜん-ku u ze n) |
Unprecedented, Record-breaking, Unheard-of |
空前絶後(くうぜんぜつご-ku u ze n ze tsu go) |
The first and probably the last… |
空疎(くうそ-ku u so) |
Empty (e.g. argument), Insubstantial, Hollow, Fruitless, Vacuous |
空想(くうそう-ku u so u) |
Daydream, Fantasy, Fancy, Vision |
空即是色(くうそくぜしき-ku u so ku ze shi ki) |
Emptiness is form, Illusion of the reality of matter |
空中(くうちゅう-ku u chu u) |
Sky, Air, Mid-air |
空中楼閣(くうちゅうろうかく-ku u chu u ro u ka ku) |
Castle in the air, Mirage, Imaginary |
空転(くうてん-ku u te n) |
① Idle running, Wheel slip, Idling, ② Going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc), Spinning one’s wheels, Going nowhere |
空洞(くうどう-ku u do u) |
Cave, Cavity, Hollow |
空白(くうはく-ku u ha ku) |
① Blank space (in a document), Whitespace, ② Blank, Void, Gap, Vacuum |
空漠(くうばく-ku u ba ku) |
① Vast, Boundless, ② Vague |
空爆(くうばく-ku u ba ku) |
Air raid, Aerial bombing |
空費(くうひ-ku u hi) |
Waste, Wastefulness, Dissipation |
空腹(くうふく-ku u fu ku) |
Hunger, Starvation |
空文(くうぶん-ku u bu n) |
Dead letter, Empty statement, Dead law, Null statement, Dummy statement |
空母(くうぼ-ku u bo) |
Aircraft carrier, Flat top |
空砲(くうほう-ku u ho u) |
Blank shot, Firing a blank, Empty gun, Gun loaded with blanks |
空乏(くうぼう-ku u bo u) |
Depletion, Destitution, Want, Scarcity, Dearth |
空名(くうめい-ku u me i) |
False reputation, Empty name, Empty Title, Nominal title, Vain title |
空明(くうめい-ku u me i) |
① Moon’s reflection in the clear water, ② Nothing to hide, Nothing to reveal |
空輸(くうゆ-ku u yu) |
Air transportation, Airlift |
空欄(くうらん-ku u ra n) |
Blank column, Blank space |
空理(くうり-ku u ri) |
Empty theory, Impracticable theory, Mere theory |
空冷(くうれい-ku u re i) |
Air cooling |
空路(くうろ-ku u ro) |
① Air route, Air lane, ② By air, By plane |
空論(くうろん-ku u ro n) |
Impractical theory, Doctrinarianism, Ideology |
空合い(そらあい-so ra a i) |
Atmospheric condition, Weather, Weather condition |
空色(そらいろ-so ra i ro) |
Sky-blue, Azure, Sapphire, Cerulean, Lazuline |
空頼み(そらだのみ-so ra da no mi) |
Vain hope, Hoping against hope |
空泣き(そらなき-so ra na ki) |
Dry sobs, False tears, Crocodile tears, Feigned sadness |
空涙(そらなみだ-so ta na mi da) |
False cry, False tears, Crocodile tears |
空似(そらに-so ra ni) |
Accidental resemblance |
空音(そらね-so ra ne) |
Imitated cry (of an animal), Falsehood, Lie |
空念仏(そらねんぶつ or からねんぶつ-so ra ne n bu tsu (or) ka ra ne n bu tsu) |
Empty words |
空耳(そらみみ-so ra mi mi) |
① Pretending not to hear, ② Mishearing, Mondegreen |
空模様(そらもよう-so ra mo yo u) |
Look of the sky, Atmospheric condition, Weather condition |
架空(かくう-ka ku u) |
① Fictitious, Imaginary, Fanciful, Fabricated, ② Aerial, Overhead |
虚空(こくう-ko ku u) |
Empty air, Empty space, Void |
真空(しんくう-shi n ku u) |
Vacuum, Absolute void, Complete vacuity |
天空(てんくう-te n ku u) |
① Sky, ② Heavens, Empyrean, Firmament, Celestial sphere, Vault of heaven, Welkin |
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