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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

空むなしい

N1
むなしい munashii
  1. vacant
  2. futile
  3. vain
  4. void
  5. empty
  6. ineffective
  7. 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。
  • 医い者しゃの努ど力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。
    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"
  }
}