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JLPT N4 · Noun

空気 (kuuki)

空気 (くうき, kuuki) is a Japanese noun meaning “air; atmosphere”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
くうき
Romaji
kuuki
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. air; atmosphere · noun
  2. mood; situation · noun
  3. someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all · noun · colloquial, idiom

Example sentences

空気は音の媒体だ。
The air is a medium for sound.
Tatoeba #179378

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

Kanji in 空気

空
empty, sky, voidクウ・そら・あ.く · 8 strokes
気
spirit, mind, airキ・ケ・いき・き · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 空気.

空そらsky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大空おおぞらwide open sky

Source: JMdict entry 1245470 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.