からぶり
Karaburi
Other forms: から振り、空ぶり
空振り (Karaburi) is a Japanese noun meaning “swing and a miss, (punching and) failing to make contact, (ending in) failure, fruitless effort”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbswing and a miss
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb(punching and) failing to make contact
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb(ending in) failure; fruitless effort; vain attempt
Examples
バッターは空振りの三振をした。
The batter struck out swinging.
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).