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空腹 (くうふく, kuufuku) Japanese meaning: empty stomach | Kotomora
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何なに
も
食た
べ
て
い
ない
の
で
、
空くう
腹ふく
で
倒たお
れ
そう
だ
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I haven't eaten anything since morning, so I'm so hungry I could collapse.
When I'm hungry, I tend to overeat.
Usage patterns 空くう 腹ふく を 満み たす to satisfy one's hunger
I satisfied my hunger with a rice ball.
空くう 腹ふく を 感かん じる to feel hungry
After noon passed, I suddenly felt hungry.
空くう 腹ふく のあまり 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 so hungry that one ends up doing something
I was so hungry that I ate the whole bread at once.
空くう 腹ふく で 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 being hungry, (do something)
I was so hungry I couldn't think of anything.
空くう 腹ふく をこらえる to endure one's hunger
I endured my hunger until the match was over.
Related words· 6 腹ペコ is a casual, colloquial way to say one is very hungry, while 空腹 is the neutral, more formal term used in writing and set phrases.
飢え implies prolonged starvation or severe lack of food, whereas 空腹 refers to the ordinary, temporary hunger before a meal.
空腹 refers to the ordinary feeling of an empty stomach, while 飢餓 describes severe, prolonged starvation often on a societal or humanitarian scale.
空腹 is the formal, written word for hunger, while ぺこぺこ is a casual, vivid way to say you're starving, often paired with お腹が.
Show 2 more 空腹 is a mild, everyday word for having an empty stomach, while 飢える describes prolonged, serious starvation or deprivation.
お腹が空く is a spoken verb phrase for getting hungry, while 空腹 is a formal noun meaning '(state of) hunger' used in writing or medical contexts.
Opposites full stomach; being full; eating one's fill · complete; total; full; heartfelt; sincere
空腹 means an empty, hungry stomach, the direct opposite of 飽食's state of being fully sated.
空腹 describes an empty stomach or hunger, the direct opposite of 腹一杯's state of being full.
Etymology Compound of 空 (empty) and 腹 (stomach/belly). The reading くうふく is the on'yomi for both kanji.
