Vocab Info
N2 I-adjective
空しいempty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless
Dictionary Definition
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I-adjective
1.
empty, void, vacant
I-adjective
2.
vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective
I-adjective
3.
lifeless
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虚しい 【むなしい】、空しい 【むなしい】
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空しい言葉には意味がありません。
There is no meaning in empty words.
この世の中は空しいので、生きる意味はないです。
Because this world is futile, there is no meaning to live.
空しく時が過ぎるのが嫌なので、何か意味のある事をしよう。
I don't want time to just pass by in vain, so I want to do something meaningful.
気持ちが届かないという空しい恋は予想以上に心にダメージを与えました。
The fruitless love, where my feelings couldn't reach, caused more damage to my heart than I expected.
半年に渡って猛特訓をしたのに、大会の初戦で空しく敗退してしまいました。
Despite undergoing intense training for half a year, I was fruitlessly eliminated in the first round of the tournament.
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