空く

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

空く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana あく, rōmaji aku)

Japanese verb pair
active  ()ける
mediopassive  ()
  1. have space between, be open
  2. become empty, unoccupied, vacated
  3. become unused, free
  4. become free (not busy)
  5. become open (of a job etc.)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

空く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana すく, rōmaji suku)

  1. become empty (not crowded; not full)
     (なか) ()いている?
    Onaka ga suite iru?
    Are you hungry?
  2. become free (not busy)
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  1. 2002, 京阪系アクセント辞典 (A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
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