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    3. 虚しい

    虚しい

    虚むなし​い​

    empty

    KMT8CoreRef L1AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    空しい

    むなしい

    Adjective

    1.
    empty, void, vacant
    2.
    vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective
    3.
    lifeless

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    努ど力りょくが虚むなしい結けっ果かに終おわった。

    The effort ended in vain.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    どんなに成せい功こうしても、心こころが満みたされないと虚むなしい気き持もちになる。

    No matter how successful you are, if your heart isn't fulfilled, you feel empty.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは人じん生せいの意い味みを探さがし求もとめていたが、結けっ局きょくすべてが虚むなしいと感かんじていた。

    He was searching for the meaning of life, but ultimately felt that everything was futile.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    大たい切せつな人ひとを失うしなって以 来 、彼かれの心こころには虚むなしい穴あなが開あいたままだ。

    Since losing a loved one, an empty hole has remained in his heart.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    どんなに議ぎ論ろんを重かさねても、解かい決けつ策さくが見みつからなければ虚むなしいだけだ。

    No matter how much we discuss, if no solution is found, it's just futile.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    虚
    むな.しい・うつ.ろ…(2)
    void・emptiness・unpreparedness・crack・fissure…(1)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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