虚きょ脱だつ

きょ

だ

つ

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Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

lethargy; despondency; mental numbness

Describes a state of extreme mental fatigue, emptiness, or emotional shutdown, often after intense stress or disappointment.

試し験けんに落おちて、虚きょ脱だつ状じょう態たいになった。
After failing the exam, I fell into a state of lethargy.
彼

かれ

は

突とつ

然ぜん

の

知し

らせ

に

虚きょ

脱だつ

し

て

しまっ

た

。

He became despondent at the sudden news.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

physical collapse; prostration

medicine

Medical term for a sudden loss of strength or consciousness due to shock, exhaustion, or illness.

熱ねっ中ちゅう症しょうで虚きょ脱だつを起おこした。
He collapsed from heatstroke.

Kanji

虚void, emptiness, unpreparedness
脱undress, removing, escape from

Similar words

疲ひ労ろう
疲労 is general physical or mental fatigue, while 虚脱 implies a more severe, often sudden state of collapse or emptiness.
脱だつ力りょく
脱力 refers to loss of physical strength or relaxation, whereas 虚脱 includes a strong mental or emotional component of numbness.

Etymology

Compound of 虚 (kyo, 'empty, void') and 脱 (datsu, 'escape, remove'), literally 'emptying out'. The term is used in both psychological and medical contexts to describe a state of collapse or extreme depletion.