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空しい

虚しい

Reading

Kana: むなしい
Romaji: munashii
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

empty; void; vacant

2

vain; fruitless; futile; ineffective

3

lifeless

See also: 空しくなる

Kanji

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Readings: キョ、 コ、 むな.しい、 うつ.ろ
Meanings: void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

Example Sentences

(かれ)()(かれ)らの生活(せいかつ)(むな)しさをもたらした。
➥His death has left a vacuum in their lives.
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(きみ)がいなければ(わたし)人生(じんせい)(まった)くむなしいだろう。
➥My life would be completely empty without you.
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(かれ)(おお)くの日々(ひび)をむなしく()ごさなければならなかった。
➥He had to spend many barren days.
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(わたし)はむなしく(つい)やした時間(じかん)()(もど)さなければ。
➥I must make up for lost time.
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その(ろう)婦人(ふじん)はしばしば(えき)息子(むすこ)をむなしく()っている。
➥The old lady will often wait for her son in vain at the station.
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医者(いしゃ)努力(どりょく)(むな)しく、その(おとこ)はまもなく()んでしまいました。
➥All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.
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