How to say "empty" in Japanese

• 空っぽからっぽJLPT N2approx.Common
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveThe default choice for things that physically contain nothing — an empty box, bottle, pocket, or room. It can also describe feeling hollow inside after a loss or shock.
  町まちのどの家いえも空からっぽだった。↗

  All the houses in town were empty.
• 虚しいむなしいJLPT N1approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers 'empty' in the emotional sense: feeling void or hollow, as when life or one's efforts seem to lack meaning. It is not the word for physically empty containers; think futility and inner vacancy.
• 空疎くうそCommon
  na-adjective, nounDescribes arguments, reasoning, or content that is empty in the sense of lacking substance — hollow and fruitless. It applies to abstract things, not to containers or rooms.
• 飲み干すのみほすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbA verb, not an adjective: to empty a glass or cup by drinking it to the last drop. Use it for the action of draining a drink, not for the state of being empty.
  彼かれはビールの大だいジョッキを飲み干のみほした。↗

  He drank that large beer mug dry.
• 閑散かんさんCommon
  adverb (with と), na-adjective, nounRefers to places like stores, markets, towns, or streets that are deserted and quiet: 'empty' in the sense of lacking people or activity rather than contents.
  その通とおりは１０時じを過すぎると閑散かんさんとしていた。↗

  The street was deserted after ten.

Use 「空っぽ」 for physically empty things, 「虚しい」 for inner emptiness or futility, 空疎 for hollow arguments, 「飲み干す」 only for draining a glass, and 閑散 for deserted, quiet places.

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• 空っぽからっぽempty
• 虚しいむなしいempty
• 空疎くうそempty (e.g. argument)
• 飲み干すのみほすto drink up
• 閑散かんさんdeserted (esp. store, market, town, streets)
• エンプティーempty
• がらんどうempty
• 空空くうくうempty
• 空コンからコンempty (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
• 実もないみもないempty
• 空にするからにするto empty
• 取って付けたようとってつけたようunnatural
• 口先だけくちさきだけall talk
• 未入力みにゅうりょくnot filled in
• 開けるあけるto empty
• はかないempty (dream, etc.)
• 傾けるかたむけるto ruin
• がらんempty
• 寒々さむざむbleak (e.g. room, street)
• 空からdishonoured (bill, promise, etc.)
• からからempty
• 無にするむにするto empty
• 虚ろうつろhollow (voice, smile, etc.)
• がらがら(almost) empty
• 抜くぬくto let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
• 空くうempty (e.g. set)