I Love Kanji空ろ (utsuro)
空ろ (うつろ, utsuro) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “cavity; hollow”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- うつろ
- Romaji
- utsuro
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- cavity; hollow; void · noun, な-adjective
- hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.); empty (words, heart, etc.) · な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 空ろ
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 空ろだ | うつろだ utsuroda |
| Present (polite) | 空ろです | うつろです utsurodesu |
| Negative | 空ろじゃない | うつろじゃない utsurojanai |
| Past | 空ろだった | うつろだった utsurodatta |
| Negative past | 空ろじゃなかった | うつろじゃなかった utsurojanakatta |
| Te-form | 空ろで | うつろで utsurode |
| Before a noun | 空ろな | うつろな utsurona |
| Adverb (~ni) | 空ろに | うつろに utsuroni |
Kanji in 空ろ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 空ろ.
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空っぽからっぽempty空くうempty air
Source: JMdict entry 1588340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.