空け

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
うつ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
虚け

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [ùtsúké] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟t͡sɨ̥ke̞]

Noun

(うつ) • (utsuke

  1. emptiness, hollowness
  2. absent-mindedness, stupidity
  3. fool, idiot, simpleton
    Synonym: 空け者 (utsukemono)
Derived terms

Adjective

(うつ) • (utsuke-na (adnominal (うつ) (utsuke na), adverbial (うつ) (utsuke ni))

  1. foolish, stupid, absent-minded
Inflection

Verb

(うつ) • (utsuke

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 空ける (utsukeru) [ichidan]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ke̞]

Verb

() • (ake

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 空ける (akeru) [ichidan]