こくう

[虚空] void

《正式》［the ～］ 虚空；真空.

虚空
empty space
empty sky

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こくう【虚空】

void

《正式》［the ～］ 虚空；真空.

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I

こくう【虚空】

the (empty) air; (empty) space; the (empty) sky; the void.

●虚空はるかに far (off) into the sky [void]

・虚空へ into the sky [void]; into space [thin air]; skyward.

●虚空に in the air [sky, void]

・虚空に消え去る vanish into the air [void, thin air].

●虚空を見つめる stare [gaze] into space [at nothing]

・虚空をつかむ grasp [clutch] at nothing.

II

こくう【穀雨】

〔二十四節気の一〕 one of the twenty-four divisions of the four seasons (around April 21 in the solar calendar).