I Love Kanji空っぽ (karappo)
空っぽ (からっぽ, karappo) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “empty; vacant”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- からっぽ
- Romaji
- karappo
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- empty; vacant; hollow · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 空っぽ
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 空っぽだ | からっぽだ karappoda |
| Present (polite) | 空っぽです | からっぽです karappodesu |
| Negative | 空っぽじゃない | からっぽじゃない karappojanai |
| Past | 空っぽだった | からっぽだった karappodatta |
| Negative past | 空っぽじゃなかった | からっぽじゃなかった karappojanakatta |
| Te-form | 空っぽで | からっぽで karappode |
| Before a noun | 空っぽな | からっぽな karappona |
| Adverb (~ni) | 空っぽに | からっぽに karapponi |
Kanji in 空っぽ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 空っぽ.
空そらsky空気くうきair空港くうこうairport空くあくto open (e.g. doors)空くすくto become less crowded空からemptiness空きあきspace航空こうくうaviation架空かくうfictitious空想くうそうdaydream空中くうちゅう(in) the air真空しんくうvacuum空くうempty air大空おおぞらwide open sky
Source: JMdict entry 1245380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.