Vocab Info

N2 I-adjective

(むな)しいempty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless

    Dictionary Definition

    1. I-adjective

      1.

      empty, void, vacant

    2. I-adjective

      2.

      vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective

    3. I-adjective

      3.

      lifeless

    All Forms

    虚しい 【むなしい】空しい 【むなしい】

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    Examples

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      (むな)しい言葉(ことば)には意味(いみ)がありません。

      There is no meaning in empty words. {empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless}

      • N2

      この()(なか)(むな)しいので、()きる意味(いみ)はないです。

      Because this world is futile, there is no meaning to live. {empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless}

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      (むな)しく(とき)()ぎるのが(いや)なので、(なに)意味(いみ)のある(こと)をしよう。

      Since I hate the emptiness as time passes, let's do something meaningful. {empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless}

      • N2

      気持(きも)ちが(とど)かないという(むな)しい(こい)予想(よそう)以上(いじょう)(こころ)にダメージを(あた)えました。

      The fruitless love, where my feelings couldn't reach, caused more damage to my heart than I expected. {empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless}

      • N2

      半年(はんとし)(わた)って(もう)特訓(とっくん)をしたのに、大会(たいかい)初戦(しょせん)(むな)しく敗退(はいたい)してしまいました。

      Despite undergoing intense training for half a year, I was fruitlessly eliminated in the first round of the tournament. {empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless}

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