Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 空振り(からぶり) in Japanese

空振り
Kana Reading
からぶり
Romaji
karaburi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    striking (at something) and missing; in vain
    Example sentence
    乾坤一擲の大勝負。情けないけどこれが見事空振りに終わったんだなあ。 It was all-or-nothing and we struck out spectacularly.

Examples of 空振り, からぶり in a sentence

Kanji in this word

振 JLPT 1

10 strokes

shake, wave, wag, swing

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: ふ.る, ぶ.る, ふ.り, -ぶ.り, ふ.るう

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空 JLPT 5

8 strokes

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

On'Yomi: クウ

Kun'Yomi: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい

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