How to say "blank" in Japanese

• ブランクCommon
  noun, na-adjectiveA loanword noun for a blank or blank space. Use it when English 'blank' names the empty area itself, such as a space left unfilled on a page or in a document.
• 欄らんJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers 'blank' as the labeled entry space on a form or web page — what English calls a field. Use it for a blank that you fill in on a form.
• 白いしろいJLPT N5approx.Common
  i-adjectiveThe everyday adjective 'white'. It covers 'blank' chiefly for paper and the like that is uncolored and unmarked, i.e. blank in the physical sense of a spotless white surface.
• 真っ白まっしろJLPT N2approx.Common
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveLiterally 'completely white'; it covers a blank mind as well as blank paper, stressing that nothing at all is there. Typical when you say your mind went blank or a page is totally blank.
• 空白くうはくCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveA noun for a blank, void, or gap. It suits an empty space in a text or on a form, and also a gap or void — an empty stretch where something is missing.
  母ははの死しは私の生涯しょうがいに大おおきな空白くうはくを残のこした。↗

  The death of my mother left a big blank in my life.

Use 欄 for a field on a form, 空白 for an empty space or gap, 「ブランク」 for a blank space, 「白い」 for white unmarked paper, and 「真っ白」 for totally blank paper or a mind gone blank.

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• ブランクblank
• 空所くうしょblank
• 未記入みきにゅうblank (book)
• 空クジからくじblank (ticket)
• 記入欄きにゅうらんblank (to be filled out)
• 空包くうほうblank cartridge
• 未入力みにゅうりょくnot filled in
• のっぺりfeatureless (face)
• 貧乏くじびんぼうくじshort end of the stick
• 欄らんfield (in a form, web page, etc.)
• 白いしろいblank (e.g. paper)
• 真っ白まっしろblank (e.g. mind, paper)
• 空白くうはくblank
• 外れはずれmiss
• 白地しろじblank
• 虚ろうつろhollow (voice, smile, etc.)
• すかmiss
• フィールドfield (in a form, web page, etc.)
• 生なまblank (e.g. disk)