(くう) (n) (1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon); (3) (abbr) (See 空軍) air force; (n,adj-na) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements) [EDICT]
(そら) (n) sky; the heavens; (P) [EDICT]
(kōng, ㄎㄨㄥ) air; sky; empty; free time; in vain [CE-DICT]
(kòng, ㄎㄨㄥˋ) emptied; leisure [CE-DICT]
の
() (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT]