空

Meaning

1. n
   sky; the air; the heavens
2. n
   weather
3. n
   far-off place; distant place
4. n
   state of mind; feeling
5. n
   (from) memory; (by) heart
6. n
   falsehood; lie
7. n-pref
   somehow; vaguely
8. n-pref
   fake
9. nadj-no
   emptiness; being empty
10. pref
    not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed
11. pref
    dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere
12. n
    empty air; sky
13. n
    shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness
14. n abbreviation
    air force
15. nadj-na
    fruitlessness; meaninglessness
16. nadj-na
    void (one of the five elements)
17. adj-no
    empty (e.g. set)

Example sentences

• 黒い天使は、その漆黒の翼を大きく広げて、空へと舞い上がる。

  The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.

• 空が怪しい。雨が降るかな。

  The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.

• 警棒で空をなぐりつけ、よろめいて体勢をたてなおしたガードマンは、自分に向かって突進してくる金網づくりのクズカゴを見た。

  The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.