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お腹が減る (おなかがへる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

お腹なかが減へる

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-ru)

get hungry; become hungry

Polite everyday expression for becoming hungry; お腹 is a polite prefix form of 腹 (stomach).

もうすぐお昼ひるだから、お腹なかが減へってきた。
It's almost noon, so I'm getting hungry.
お腹なかが減へったら、何

なに

か

食た

べよう

。

If you get hungry, let's eat something.

Written forms

お腹なかが減へる
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
お腹なかがへる
Variant with kana for 減る; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

腹abdomen, belly, stomach
減dwindle, decrease, reduce

Similar words

腹はらが減へる
More casual and direct; often used among close friends or in rough speech.
お腹なかが空すく
Synonymous and equally polite; 空く is more common in some regions.

Etymology

Phrase composed of お腹 (polite 'stomach') + が (subject marker) + 減る (to decrease, become empty). The verb 減る here metaphorically means the stomach's contents decrease, leading to hunger.