空欄|くうらんkuuran[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounblank column; blank space
   以下いかの空欄くうらん部分ぶぶんにご記入きにゅう頂いただくだけで結構けっこうです。↗

   All you have to do is fill in the blanks below.

• Synonym空白くうはくNeutralBlank or empty space in general; also used figuratively for a vacuum in time or power. It stresses absence rather than a space to fill in.
• Related余白よはくNeutralThe unwritten space on a page, such as the margins; it stresses empty layout space, while 「空欄」 is a box on a form left to be filled in.
• RelatedブランクNeutralA katakana loanword for blank space; its other sense, a period away from work or practice, is also in common use, as in 「ブランクがある」.

Use 「空欄」 for a blank on a form or test paper that is to be filled in, as in 「空欄に記入する」. For page margins say 「余白」, for blank space in general 「空白」, and for a break from work 「ブランク」.

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1. 書類しょるいなどで文字もじや文章ぶんしょうを記入きにゅうするために空あけてある欄らん。