JLPT N1 · い-adjective

空しい (munashii)

空しい (むなしい, munashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “empty; void”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
むなしい
Romaji
munashii
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. empty; void; vacant · い-adjective
  2. vain; fruitless; futile; ineffective · い-adjective
  3. lifeless · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼は多くの日々をむなしく過ごさなければならなかった。
He had to spend many barren days.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 空しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present空しいむなしい munashii
Negative空しくないむなしくない munashikunai
Past空しかったむなしかった munashikatta
Negative past空しくなかったむなしくなかった munashikunakatta
Te-form空しくてむなしくて munashikute
Adverb (~ku)空しくむなしく munashiku
Conditional (~ba)空しければむなしければ munashikereba

Kanji in 空しい

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 空しい.

Source: JMdict entry 1245370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.