余白
よはく
blank space, margin
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Examples
余白の美を大切にする。
よはくのびをたいせつにする。
We value the beauty of empty space.
余白に感想を書き込んだ。
よはくにかんそうをかきこんだ。
I wrote my thoughts in the margin.
予定を詰め込みすぎず、心に余白を残しておきたい。
よていをつめこみすぎず、こころによはくをのこしておきたい。
I want to leave some room in my mind rather than cramming my schedule.
Common patterns
- 余白に書き込む
- to write in the margin
- 余白を取る
- to leave a margin
- 余白の美
- the beauty of empty space
Memory tip
余白 is the unprinted space left around text or a painting, prized in ink painting and calligraphy; 空白 is any gap, including a blank in a form or a gap in a career. The figurative 心の余白 means breathing room.
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