虚 無 感(きょむかん)

きょむかん

noun

sense of emptiness; feeling of meaninglessness

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 words

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

Related Words

Related: 空(むな)しい (empty, futile)

Related: 空虚(くうきょ) (emptiness, hollowness)

Related: 虚脱感(きょだつかん) (feeling of exhaustion/collapse)

Compare: むなしさ (emptiness)

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Added 2026.1.17 6:25 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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