空き巣 (Akisu): Empty Nest, Empty House

Meaning

English

empty nest
empty house
empty home
burglary (of an empty house)
burglar (who targets empty houses)
sneak thief
prowler

Reading

Kana

あきす

Romaji

akisu

Writing Variants

空巣あきす akisu
明き巣 あきす akisu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 9535 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

空き巣被害

あきすひがい

burglary (carried out while a house is temporarily vacated)

空の巣症候群

からのすしょうこうぐん

empty nest syndrome

空き巣狙い

あきすねらい

burglary (of an empty house)

空虚

くうきょ

inanity

空欄

くうらん

blank column

空疎

くうそ

empty (e.g. argument)

空振り

からぶり

(punching and) failing to make contact

空襲

くうしゅう

air-raid

空洞

くうどう

hollow

空砲

くうほう

empty gun

空模様

そらもよう

look of the sky

空連結集合

くうれんけつしゅうごう

empty link set

Example Sentences

2

空き巣に入られたんだ。

Our house was robbed while we were away.

トムは空き巣を捕まえた。

Tom caught an intruder in his house.