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Please pardon my ignorance but I am looking for a grammatically correct way to
say, 'Embrace the void.' in Kanji/hiragana

I've done some research regarding the different methods of writing it but I
have no actual knowledge of japanese sentence structure so I can only surmise
based on what I've read.

I've come up with the following:

擁する虚

Is this fairly accurate or am I totally off?

擁 meaning embrace

擁する meaning 'to embrace' or 'to possess'

And finally 虚 being 'Void' or 'Emptyness'.

I appreciate any assistance!

Thank you
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Help creating a grammatically correct statement
First off, it would be useful to learn a bit of basic Japanese grammar -- A
little goes a long way!

Second, there are a number of ways to phrase your phrase. One thing to be
aware of when phrasing things in Japanese is the Subject-Object-Verb order,
which is contrary to languages such as English, where we utilize Subject-Verb-
Object order in sentence structure.

Third, you have to take particles into consideration. For example, the は
(pronounced 'wa') particle marks a topic. The を (pronounced 'o' or 'wo' with a
more or less silent w) marks an object to which a verb is being applied to.
This particle might be the one we need to use here.

Next, the kanji you used for 'void' is only a part of the full word, which is
most commonly an adjective for something that IS void (here, the word 虚しい
'munashii' is the adjective in question). It is possible to turn this
adjective into a noun by changing the last い into さ, making the word 虚しさ
'munashisa', which is likely the "void" you're attempting to describe.

Also, the する-verb you selected 擁する 'you-suru' refers to a having. You may want
to try the verb 抱く 'daku', which is probably closer to the idea of embracing
something. Then, in order to turn this into an imperative conjugation, you may
try the soft way, which is turning it into a て-form (抱いて） which implies asking
someone to 'embrace the void', or otherwise use direct imperative form 抱け
'dake' to direct someone to 'embrace the void'

So, with these clues, do you think you can put the phrase together? ;)
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There are many ways to convey this but probably none that can do so _exactly_
like you wish.

If by void, you meant nothingness, I would probably go with **虚無**.  
And for embrace, if the intended meaning was to accept/invite, I might go with
the verb **迎える**.

Which would result into something like.

> 虚無に迎える

Odds are I am way off though...  
It is quite an unusual sentence to start with.

I would be glad to hear other peoples opinion on this.
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The first translation that came up to my mind was 虚無を抱け. (In hiragana only,
きょむをいだけ; in Latin alphabet, _Kyomu o idake_.)

擁する would be understood from the context, but at least in modern Japanese, 擁する
is usually used in the sense of "(for a company/town/etc) to have
(people/employees/etc)". 抱く is another verb which I think fits better with the
context. And is this sentence meant to be imperative (i.e., an order)? Then
you need the imperative form of this verb, which is 抱け.

虚 is not wrong, but it's too short and may not be understood unless you use it
in [an established
idiom](http://jisho.org/word/%E8%99%9A%E3%82%92%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8F). My
suggestion is 虚無.

擁する虚 happens to be grammatical and mean something like "the void that has
something", but that's not what you want it to mean. Probably you just wrote
down two words as if they were English words? Then you should have been aware
of the fact that word order is totally different between English and Japanese.
In Japanese the verb comes after the corresponding object, and you have to
[mark an object of a verb with a particle `を`
(o)](http://www.punipunijapan.com/grammar-lesson-7-particle-%E3%82%92-o/).
Hence my translation 虚無を抱け. This should work fine in lyrics, poems or such.
Don't use it in everyday speech.
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