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sky
The region of the atmosphere above the earth.
空が青い。
The sky is blue.
空を見上げる。
To look up at the sky.
今日は空がきれいだ。
The sky is beautiful today.
夜の空に星が見える。
Stars are visible in the night sky.
雨が止んで空が明るくなってきた。
The rain stopped and the sky brightened up.
空 means sky—the visible expanse above the earth.
KANJI READINGS:
The kanji 空 has multiple readings with different meanings:
- 空: sky (native Japanese reading)
- 空: empty (e.g., 空っぽ = empty)
- 空: void, emptiness (Sino-Japanese, Buddhist)
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 青空: blue sky
- 夜空: night sky
- 大空: the great sky, heavens
- 空模様: sky conditions, weather
- 空港: airport
- 空気: air, atmosphere
- 空中: in the air, midair
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 空を見上げる: to look up at the sky
- 空が曇る: the sky becomes cloudy
- 空が晴れる: the sky clears up
RELATED WORDS:
- 天: heaven, sky (more literary)
- 雲: cloud
- 星: star