大空

Etymology

大 (ō, “large”) +‎ 空 (sora, “sky”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おおぞ​ら [òózóꜜrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ːzo̞ɾa̠]

Noun

大空 (hiragana おおぞら, rōmaji ōzora, historical hiragana おほぞら)

1. firmament; heavens; sky
   • 2004 March 10, Amano, Kozue, “Navigation18 空そらを泳およぐ魚さかな [Navigation18 A Fish That Swims in the Sky]”, in ARIAアリア [Aria], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 106:

     その日 (ひ)　私 (わたし)が出 (で)会 (あ)った風追配達人 (シルフ)さんは　ちょっぴりドジで　だけど子 (こ)供 (ども)のように無 (む)邪 (じゃ)気 (き)に笑 (わら)う　大 (おお)空 (ぞら)に生 (い)きるまっすぐな素 (す)敵 (てき)マンなのでした

     Sono hi watashi ga deatta Shirufu-san wa choppiri doji de dakedo kodomo no yō ni mujaki ni warau ōzora ni ikiru massugu na suteki man nano deshita

     That day, I met a Sylph who was a bit of an airhead, but who had innocent childlike laughs, and he was a lovely fella who lived in the sky