余白|よはくyohaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounblank space; margin; blank canvas
   彼かれは作文さくぶんの余白よはくに自分じぶんの論評ろんぴょうを書かいた。↗

   He wrote his comments in the margin of the composition.

• Synonym空白くうはくNeutralA blank or void, also a gap in time as in 「記憶の空白」; stresses that what should be there is missing, while 「余白」 is simply space left empty.
• SynonymスペースNeutralLoanword for space or room, as in 「スペースキー」; stresses space and intervals rather than the unwritten part of a page.
• Related欄外らんがいNeutralThe area outside a ruled frame or at the page edge, e.g. 「欄外の注」; stresses lying outside the frame, whereas 「余白」 is any space left unwritten.
• RelatedマージンNeutralLoanword covering profit and a security deposit as well as page margins; in typesetting it stresses the margin settings rather than the blank area itself.

Use 「余白」 for the blank area of a page left unwritten, as in 「余白に書き込む」. For page margins say 「マージン」, for the area outside the frame 「欄外」, for a blank or gap 「空白」, and for space or spacing 「スペース」.

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1. 絵えや文字もじを書かいた紙かみなどの、何なんも書かかれていない部分ぶぶん。