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    3. 虚空

    虚空

    虚こ空くう

    empty space

    KMT10News #45+1Ref L2NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab19 strokes

    こくう

    Noun

    1.
    empty space, empty sky

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは虚こ空くうを見みつめていた。

    He was staring into empty space.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    宇う宙ちゅう飛ひ行こう士しは虚こ空くうに浮うかぶ地ち球きゅうを見みた。

    The astronaut saw the Earth floating in empty space.

    KMT10Science & MathNature & Environment
    彼かれの心こころは虚こ空くうのように何なにも感かんじなかった。

    His heart felt nothing, like empty space.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    夜よ空ぞらに輝かがやく星ほし々ぞらは、広こう大だいな虚こ空くうに散ちらばっている。

    The stars shining in the night sky are scattered across the vast empty space.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    雲くも一ひとつない青あおい虚こ空くうがどこまでも広ひろがっていた。

    The cloudless blue empty sky stretched endlessly.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentWeather & Geography

    Kanji that make up this word

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