空しい
N1むなしい munashii
- vacant
- futile
- vain
- void
- empty
- ineffective
- lifeless
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
空虚;徒劳
Examples
- 彼の死は彼らの生活に空しさをもたらした。His death has left a vacuum in their lives.他的死给他们的生活带来了空虚。
- 医者の努力も空しく、その男はまもなく死んでしまいました。All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.尽管医生努力,那个男人还是很快死了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8c40174a35'); // 空しい
{
"id": "8c40174a35",
"word": "空しい",
"reading": "むなしい",
"romaji": "munashii",
"meanings": [
"vacant",
"futile",
"vain",
"void",
"empty",
"ineffective",
"lifeless"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1245370,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼の死は彼らの生活に空しさをもたらした。",
"en": "His death has left a vacuum in their lives.",
"tatoeba_id": 117172
},
{
"ja": "医者の努力も空しく、その男はまもなく死んでしまいました。",
"furigana": "{医者|いしゃ}の{努力|どりょく}も{空|むな}しく、その{男|おとこ}はまもなく{死|し}んでしまいました。",
"en": "All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.",
"tatoeba_id": 190866
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "0ac4cd844b9ddbaa0041bc9079102be835fc879c5114e819713a5f37b0b299bb",
"meanings": [
"空虚",
"徒劳"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼の死は彼らの生活に空しさをもたらした。",
"zh": "他的死给他们的生活带来了空虚。"
},
{
"ja": "医者の努力も空しく、その男はまもなく死んでしまいました。",
"zh": "尽管医生努力,那个男人还是很快死了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/8c40174a35",
"JMdict ent_seq 1245370; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "299ac311fc0d5b097ed4962ecdaa124dfd150eb38694e0e2b84dc3e76d211bbc"
}
}