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虚むなしい (munashii)

vacant, futile, vain, void, empty, ineffective, lifeless

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 3

Meaning

空しい (むなしい, munashii) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “vacant, futile, vain, void, empty, ineffective, lifeless”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 5

愛あいがなければ人生じんせいは虚むなしいよ。

Life is empty without love.

私は虚しい夢を見た。

I had an empty dream.

言葉ことばにすることさえ虚むなしい。

Not worth speaking of.

元は「空亡」「虚亡」と言っていたが、これを全てが虚しいと解釈して「物滅」と呼ぶようになり、これに近年になって「佛(仏)」の字が当てられたものである。

It was originally called 'kumo' or 'kyomo' (both meaning 'existing as if nothing exists') but was eventually interpreted as emptiness of everything and came to be called '

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