空すかせる

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.