空
Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
1. emptiness; being empty
Prefix
2. not carrying anything; unburdened; empty-handed
3. dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false; no-show (reservation); put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.); empty (compliments); insincere
Kanji used
Pitch accent
から
Used in vocabulary
空振り
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort; vain attempt
Noun
空回り
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
Noun
空元気
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
Noun
空写し
clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)
Noun
Examples20
ほとんど
I need to put some gas in the car, as it's almost empty.
私
I found the box empty.
その
I found the box empty.
その
The box is almost empty.
この
This box is empty. It has nothing in it.
財布
I examined the purse again, and found it empty.