Void

Japanese: 虚空 - こくう

("Ko" is the Go-on pronunciation of "emptiness") [1] [noun] ① Between heaven and earth. Empty. Space. ※Shoreishū-I (around 835) Poem of a traveler longing for immortals "The Three Mysteries _{and the} Land of the _Void , the Void _{and the Dojo} _" ※Hyakuza-Hōdan (1110) June 19 "We are the birds that fly in the sky, as if they were flying into the void" [Suttaramanagama-Sutra - Ten Chapters] ② Buddhist term. Space as the place where all things exist. It is characterized by not interfering with the existence of things. *Hokke Gisho (early 7th century) 1 "Borrowing _a metaphor _from the void. _This _is the interpretation." *Nichiren's writings - Hokke Daimokusho (1266) "All the sutras of the ten directions are contained in one character of this sutra, <omitted> as if all the phenomena of the void were contained within it." [Entering the Abhidharma Treatise - Part 2] 3 (adjective-verb) Being without a basis in fact. Uncertain and vague. Being fictitious. Being empty and without substance. Also, the state of being such. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)] *The Essence of Novels (1885-86) <Tsubouchi Shoyo> Part 1 "He is merely a hypothetical character from the void , created entirely by the author's imagination." 4 (adjective-verb ) Lack of discretion. Also, the state of being such. Reckless. Random. Reckless. ※Daijo-in Temple and Shrine Journal – July 29, 1475 (Bunmei Year 7) “No one _will listen to me and waste time in the void.”[2] This is an abbreviation of the name of a Fuke shakuhachi piece called “Kokuureibo (Lingering in the Void ).”

kyo-kuu [void]

〘Noun〙① Between heaven and earth. Empty. Kokuu. [Kokuei Jukujiten (1874)]② Something empty. Lacking substance. Something imaginary. Kokuu. ※The Essence of Novels (1885-86)〈Tsubouchi Shoyo〉Part 2 "Novels are (omitted) an empty space that the author creates out of his imagination."

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Japanese:

(「こ」は「虚」の呉音)[1] 〘名〙① 天と地の間。空。空間。※性霊集‐一（835頃）遊山慕仙詩「三密遍_二刹土_一、虚空厳_二道場_一」※百座法談（1110）六月一九日「われらこそ虚空へもえとばね鳥は空をとぶことをえたり」〔勝鬘経‐十受章〕② 仏語。一切のものの存在する場所としての空間。ものの存在を邪魔しないのが特徴。※法華義疏（７Ｃ前）一「借_二虚空譬喩_一。以釈_二此義_一也」※日蓮遺文‐法華題目鈔（1266）「此経の一字の中に十方法界の一切経を納めたり、〈略〉虚空の万象を含めるが如し」〔入阿毘達磨論‐下〕③ (形動) 事実無根であること。不確かで漠然としていること。架空であること。むなしく実体のないこと。また、そのさま。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕※小説神髄（1885‐86）〈坪内逍遙〉上「全く作者の意匠に成(なり)たる虚空(コクウ)仮説の人物なるのみ」④ (形動) 思慮分別のないこと。また、そのさま。むやみ。やたら。むてっぽう。※大乗院寺社雑事記‐文明七年（1475）七月二九日「一向人も不_レ付して虚空に駄を付は」[2] 普化(ふけ)尺八の曲名「こくうれいぼ（虚空鈴慕）」の略称。