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    3. 空虚

    空虚

    空くう虚きょ

    emptiness

    KMT10News #35+1CoreNoun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    くうきょ

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    emptiness, hollowness, vacancy, void
    2.
    inanity, pointlessness, meaninglessness

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    彼かれの心こころは空くう虚きょだった。

    His heart was empty.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの言こと葉ばは空くう虚きょで、何なんの説せっ得とく力りょくもなかった。

    His words were hollow and had no persuasive power.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    成せい功こうしても、心こころに空くう虚きょ感かんを抱いだくことがある。

    Even after achieving success, one can sometimes feel a sense of emptiness in their heart.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    物ぶっ質しつ的てきな豊ゆたかさだけでは、精せい神しん的てきな空くう虚きょさを埋うめることはできない。

    Material wealth alone cannot fill spiritual emptiness.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    目もく的てきを失うしなったとき、人ひとは深ふかい空くう虚きょ感かんに襲おそわれる。

    When one loses their purpose, they are overcome by a deep sense of emptiness.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    空
    そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)
    empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum
    虚
    むな.しい・うつ.ろ…(2)
    void・emptiness・unpreparedness・crack・fissure…(1)
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