虚無感(きょむかん)

きょむかん
noun
sense of emptiness; feeling of nihilism
1. sense of emptiness; feeling of meaninglessness
A profound feeling that life or existence lacks meaning or purpose. A psychological state of emotional emptiness or void.
目標(もくひょう)を達成(たっせい)した後(あと)、虚無感(きょむかん)に襲(おそ)われた。
After achieving my goal, I was overcome by a sense of emptiness.
何(なに)をしても虚無感(きょむかん)が消(き)えない。
No matter what I do, this feeling of emptiness won't go away.
深(ふか)い虚無感(きょむかん)に陥(おちい)った。
I fell into a deep sense of nihilism.

虚無感(きょむかん) is related to philosophical nihilism and is commonly used in discussions of existential feelings.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 虚無感(きょむかん)に襲(おそ)われる: to be overcome by emptiness
  • 虚無感(きょむかん)を感(かん)じる: to feel emptiness
  • 虚無感(きょむかん)に陥(おちい)る: to fall into emptiness

RELATED TERMS:

  • 虚無(きょむ): nothingness, nihilism
  • 空虚(くうきょ): emptiness, hollowness
  • 虚脱感(きょだつかん): feeling of exhaustion/collapse
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Added 2026.1.17 6:25 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:14
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