うつけ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of うつけ – see the following entry.
空け
[noun] emptiness, hollowness
[noun] absent-mindedness, stupidity
[noun] fool, idiot, simpleton
[adjective] foolish, stupid, absent-minded
[verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 空ける (utsukeru) [ichidan]
Alternative spelling
虚け
(This term, うつけ (utsuke), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as うつけ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うつけ.)