Moto 虚: Void; Emptiness; UnpreparednessKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キョ、コ
- Kun'yomi
- むな(しい)、うつ(ろ)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 105 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キョ・コ)
- 虚偽きょぎfalsehood; untruth
- 謙虚けんきょmodest; humble
- 虚構きょこうfiction; fabrication
- 廃虚はいきょruins; abandoned building
- 空虚くうきょemptiness; hollowness
- 虚像きょぞうvirtual image
- 虚実きょじつfalsehood and truth; fiction and fact
- 虚弱きょじゃくfeebleness; weakness
- 虚心きょしんopen-minded; receptive
- 虚栄きょえいvanity; vainglory
- 虚栄心きょえいしんvanity
- 虚無きょむnihility; nothingness
- 虚礼きょれいempty (useless) formalities
- 虚空こくうempty space; empty sky
- 虚脱きょだつlethargy; despondency
- 虚言きょげんfalsehood; lie
- 虚飾きょしょくostentation; show
- 一虚一実いっきょいちじつconstantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable
- 一虚一盈いっきょいちえいconstantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable
- 一過性脳虚血発作いっかせいのうきょけつほっさtransient ischemic attack; TIA
- 大虚たいきょthe sky; the universe
- 太虚たいきょthe sky; the universe
- 恬淡虚無てんたんきょむrising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless
- 盈虚えいきょwaxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon
- 空虚感くうきょかんfeeling of emptiness; sense of void
- 脳虚血のうきょけつcerebral ischemia; brain ischemia
- 腎虚じんきょ(male) emaciation due to sexual overindulgence
- 虚に乗ずるきょにじょうずるto catch off guard
- 虚をつくきょをつくto attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
- 虚を突くきょをつくto attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
- 虚を衝くきょをつくto attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
- 虚仮こけfolly; fool
- 虚仮にするこけにするto make a fool of someone
- 虚仮の後思案こけのあとじあんhindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)
- 虚仮威しこけおどしempty threat; bluff
- 虚仮猿こけざるfoolish monkey
- 虚仮脅しこけおどしempty threat; bluff
- 虚伝きょでんfalse rumor; false rumour
- 虚位きょいnominal rank
- 虚偽報告きょぎほうこくfalse report
- 虚偽報道きょぎほうどうfalse reporting; fake news
- 虚偽表示きょぎひょうじfalse representation; misrepresentation
- 虚偽記載きょぎきさいmisrepresentation; misstatement
- 虚勢きょせいbluff; false show of power
- 虚勢を張るきょせいをはるto bluff; to act brave
- 虚名きょめいfalse reputation; empty title
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 虚しいむなしいempty; void
- 健闘虚しくけんとうむなしくfighting in vain
- 努力も虚しくどりょくもむなしくafter efforts in vain
- 己を虚しゅうするおのれをむなしゅうするto cast aside one's prejudices
- 木の虚ろきのうつろhollow in a tree
- 虚けうつけabsentmindedness; dreaminess
- 虚けるうつけるto become empty (hollow)
- 虚しくむなしくin vain; to no purpose
- 虚しくなるむなしくなるto die; to expire
- 虚ろうつろcavity; hollow
Other readings
- 虚々実々きょきょじつじつfull of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster
- 虚そらsky; the air
- 虚々実々の戦いきょきょじつじつのたたかいmatch between persons equal in shrewdness
- 虚事そらごとfake; fabrication
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