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空かせる (すかせる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

空すかせる

Meanings

1

ichidan verb

feel hungry; get hungry

Usually used in the phrase 腹を空かせる, meaning to feel or become hungry. The subject is typically a person, and the construction is 腹を空かせる.

See also: 空かす

子こ供どもたちは腹はらを空すかせて帰かえってきた。
The children came home hungry.

腹はらを空すかせた犬いぬが台だい所どころをうろついている。

A hungry dog is wandering around the kitchen.

Kanji

空empty, sky, void

Similar words

空すかす
空かす is the transitive counterpart meaning 'to make someone hungry' or 'to starve', while 空かせる is intransitive and describes the state of being hungry.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 空く (すく, 'to become empty') with the potential or intransitive suffix せる, indicating a state of emptiness, specifically of the stomach.