Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 虚ろ(うつろ) in Japanese

虚ろ, 空ろ
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
うつろ
Romaji
utsuro
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    blank; cavity; hollow; empty (space)
    Example sentence
    洞窟からうつろに反響する耳にした We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.

Examples of 虚ろ, 空ろ, うつろ in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

11 strokes

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

On'Yomi: キョ, コ

Kun'Yomi: むな.しい, うつ.ろ

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JLPT 5

8 strokes

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

On'Yomi: クウ

Kun'Yomi: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい

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