大空|おおぞらoozora[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounwide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
   私は世の中よのなかのどんなことをするよりも大空おおぞらに飛とびたい。↗

   I want to fly more than anything else in the world.

• Synonym天てんNeutralNoun for the sky or heavens (「天を仰ぐ」「天の恵み」); can also mean heaven's will, while 「大空」 stresses the vast expanse of sky.
• Synonym天空てんくうNeutralThe sky (「天空の城」); leans written, with a grand, majestic coloring.
• SynonymスカイNeutralLoanword for the sky (「スカイツリー」); mostly appears in proper names and compounds rather than on its own.
• Related宙ちゅうNeutralMidair, the air (「宙に浮く」「宙返り」); stresses being suspended in space rather than the open sky.
• Related天上てんじょうNeutralThe heavens above (「天上の世界」); often refers to the realm where gods and Buddhas dwell.
• Related雲居くもいWrittenArchaic word for the cloud-tops and the distant sky; seen mainly in waka poetry.
• Related一天いってんWrittenWritten word for the entire sky, the whole expanse overhead (「一天にわかにかき曇る」); rare.
• Related九天きゅうてんWrittenWritten word for the ninefold heavens, the highest reaches of the sky (「九天の彼方」); rare.
• Related上天じょうてんWrittenWritten word for the high heavens; can also mean the Lord of Heaven; rare.
• Related天の原あまのはらWrittenArchaic term for the broad, open sky (「天の原ふりさけ見れば」); seen mainly in waka poetry.
• Related太虚たいきょWrittenWritten word for the sky and the heavens, or the great void of classical philosophy; found mostly in Chinese-style prose; rare.
• Antonym大地だいちNeutralThe vast earth (「大地を踏みしめる」); stands opposite to 「大空」.
• Antonym地面じめんNeutralThe ground, the earth's surface (「地面に落ちる」); stands opposite to 「大空」.

For the vast, boundless sky with a lyrical feel, use 「大空」, as in 「大空を飛ぶ」 or 「大空に羽ばたく」. For heaven or heaven's will say 「天」; for a grand, written-style sky say 「天空」; for being suspended in midair say 「宙」. The rare literary terms suit poetry or formal prose. The opposite of 「大空」 is 「大地」.

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1. 広々ひろびろとした大おおきな空そら。