N3366/1669

空から

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)prefix

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から

Meanings

  • emptiness, being empty
  • not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed
  • dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere

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Example sentences

財布さいふの中なかが空からだった。

The inside of my wallet was empty.

空からの約束やくそくはしないでください。

Please don't make empty promises.

彼女かのじょは空元気からげんきを出だして笑わらっていた。

She was laughing with a forced cheerfulness.

その小包こづつみは空からで届とどいた。

The package arrived empty.

空手からてで来客らいきゃくを迎むかえるのは失礼しつれいだと感かんじた。

I felt it was rude to greet guests empty-handed.

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そらN5

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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