"空しい" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝna̠ɕii]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Appears in the earliest texts of the 700s CE, including the Nihon Shoki and the Man'yōshū. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *muna. Analyzable as むな (muna, “cavity, void, open space”, combining form, spelled variously as 空, 虚, 胸, 棟 (空, 虚, 胸, 棟); cognate with standalone nouns 胸 (mune, “chest”), 棟 (mune, “roof ridge”)) + adjective-forming suffix しい (shii). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*muna}} Proto-Japonic *muna, {{ja-r|し.い}} しい (shii) Head templates: {{ja-adj|むなしい|infl=i}} 空(むな)しい • (munashii) -i (adverbial 空(むな)しく (munashiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=むなし|lemma=空し|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 空しい [canonical] (ruby: (むな)), munashii [romanization], 空しく [adverbial] (ruby: (むな)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 空しかろ [imperfective, stem], むなしかろ [imperfective, stem], munashikaro [imperfective], 空しく [continuative, stem], むなしく [continuative, stem], munashiku [continuative], 空しい [stem, terminative], むなしい [stem, terminative], munashii [terminative], 空しい [attributive, stem], むなしい [attributive, stem], munashii [attributive], 空しけれ [hypothetical, stem], むなしけれ [hypothetical, stem], munashikere [hypothetical], 空しかれ [imperative, stem], むなしかれ [imperative, stem], munashikare [imperative], 空しくない [informal, negative], むなしくない [informal, negative], munashiku nai [informal, negative], 空しかった [informal, past], むなしかった [informal, past], munashikatta [informal, past], 空しくなかった [informal, negative, past], むなしくなかった [informal, negative, past], munashiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 空しいです [formal], むなしいです [formal], munashii desu [formal], 空しくないです [formal, negative], むなしくないです [formal, negative], munashiku nai desu [formal, negative], 空しかったです [formal, past], むなしかったです [formal, past], munashikatta desu [formal, past], 空しくなかったです [formal, negative, past], むなしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], munashiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 空しくて [conjunctive], むなしくて [conjunctive], munashikute [conjunctive], 空しければ [conditional], むなしければ [conditional], munashikereba [conditional], 空しかったら [conditional, past], むなしかったら [conditional, past], munashikattara [conditional, past], 空しかろう [volitional], むなしかろう [volitional], munashikarō [volitional], 空しく [adverbial], むなしく [adverbial], munashiku [adverbial], 空しさ [noun-from-adj], むなしさ [noun-from-adj], munashisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. empty, hollow, void Synonyms: 空っぽ, 虚ろ, 空虚
    Sense id: en-空しい-ja-adj-hyH52bni Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 37 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 28 30 1 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 32 33 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 32 33 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 32 33 32 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 33 33 1 3
  2. groundless, baseless, false Synonyms: 事実無根, 無実
    Sense id: en-空しい-ja-adj-njm4j8-7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 37 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 28 30 1 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 32 33 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 32 33 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 32 33 32 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 33 33 1 3
  3. uncertain, unreliable, vain, futile Synonyms: 仮初め (english: temporary, not the real thing), 果敢ない (english: vain)
    Sense id: en-空しい-ja-adj-HNMNaLst Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 37 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 28 30 1 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 31 32 33 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 32 33 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 32 33 32 1 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 33 33 1 3
  4. dead, lifeless
    Sense id: en-空しい-ja-adj-00358Z7-
  5. unthinking (about someone), unattached (to someone)
    Sense id: en-空しい-ja-adj-f3X4X1~6

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      "form": "空しかれ",
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      "form": "むなしかれ",
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      "form": "munashikare",
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    {
      "form": "空しくない",
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      "form": "むなしくない",
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      "form": "munashiku nai",
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      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "空しかった",
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      "form": "空しくなかった",
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      "form": "むなしくなかった",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "munashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "空しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "munashiku nai desu",
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "空しかったです",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "むなしかったです",
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        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "munashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "空しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "空しくて",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "むなしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "munashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしく",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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      "form": "munashiku",
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        "adverbial"
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    },
    {
      "form": "空しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしさ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "munashisa",
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    }
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        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "むなし",
        "lemma": "空し",
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        "volitional": "かろう"
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      "glosses": [
        "empty, hollow, void"
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          "word": "空っぽ"
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        {
          "word": "虚ろ"
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          "word": "空虚"
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          "false"
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        {
          "word": "事実無根"
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        {
          "word": "無実"
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      "glosses": [
        "uncertain, unreliable, vain, futile"
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          "unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "english": "temporary, not the real thing",
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        },
        {
          "english": "vain",
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        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-空しい-ja-adj-00358Z7-",
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        [
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        [
          "lifeless",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "unthinking (about someone), unattached (to someone)"
      ],
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        [
          "unthinking",
          "unthinking"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "other": "むなしい"
    },
    {
      "other": "むなしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝna̠ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "空しい"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
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    },
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      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
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      "name": "C.E."
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      "args": {},
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          "空",
          "むな"
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        "canonical"
      ]
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          "むな"
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        "adverbial"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "空しかろ",
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかろ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikaro",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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    {
      "form": "空しく",
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    {
      "form": "むなしく",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashiku",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "空しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むなしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "munashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "むなしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "空(むな)しい • (munashii) -i (adverbial 空(むな)しく (munashiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "むなし",
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        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "empty, hollow, void"
      ],
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          "empty"
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        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
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        [
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          "void"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "空っぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "虚ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "空虚"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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          "groundless"
        ],
        [
          "baseless",
          "baseless"
        ],
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "事実無根"
        },
        {
          "word": "無実"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uncertain, unreliable, vain, futile"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
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        {
          "english": "temporary, not the real thing",
          "word": "仮初め"
        },
        {
          "english": "vain",
          "word": "果敢ない"
        }
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          "dead"
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          "lifeless"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "unthinking (about someone), unattached (to someone)"
      ],
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        [
          "unthinking",
          "unthinking"
        ],
        [
          "unattached",
          "unattached"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "むなしい"
    },
    {
      "other": "むなしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝna̠ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "空しい"
}
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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "空しい",
  "trace": ""
}

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