空, 虚, そら
1. sky, the air, the heavens
2. weather
3. far-off place, distant place
often as 〜空もない
4. state of mind, feeling
usu. as 空で
5. (from) memory, (by) heart
ワシが空を飛んでいる。
虚, 空, 洞, うろ, うつお, うつほ, うつせ
hollow, cavity, hole
空, 虚, から, カラ
May take 'no'
1. emptiness, being empty
Prefix
2. not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed
3. dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
ワシが空を飛んでいる。
空, くう
1. empty air, sky
Buddhist term
2. shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon), emptiness
See 空軍, Abbreviation
3. air force
NA-adjective
4. fruitlessness, meaninglessness
See 五大・1
5. void (one of the five elements)
ワシが空を飛んでいる。
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis