Illustration: At a small neighborhood diner, a cyclist sits before an empty place setting, one hand pressed against their abdomen. Their shoulders sag, but their eyes follow a steaming meal being carried toward the table. The other hand already holds chopsticks, raised a little too early.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空くう腹ふく

kuufuku

hunger, an empty stomach

Example sentences

  1. その食事しょくじで彼かれは空腹くうふくを満みたした。

    The meal satisfied his hunger.

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  2. 空腹くうふくを感かんじた。

    I felt hungry.

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  3. 君きみは空腹くうふくだと思おもう。

    I suppose you’re hungry.

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Kanji in 空腹

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 腹abdomen; bellyOnフクKunはら

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