お腹が空く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なか
Grade: 6

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Phrase composed of お腹 (onaka, belly, stomach) + (ga, subject particle) + 空く (suku, to become empty).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

お腹が空く (hiragana おなかがすく, rōmaji onaka ga suku)

  1. to become hungry

Conjugation

Usage notes

Most often encountered in the perfective form, as お腹が空いた (onaka ga suita, literally “[my] belly has become empty”, used idiomatically to mean “[I] am hungry”).

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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