Word Meaning お腹がすく

おなかがすく onakagasuku

お腹がすく is read as おなかがすく (onakagasuku) and means to become hungry.

Meaning

English

  1. to become hungry
  2. to get an empty stomach

Reading

Kana

おなかがすく

Romaji

onakagasuku

Writing Variants

  • おなかが空く おなかがすく onakagasuku
  • お腹が空く おなかがすく onaka ga suku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 149498 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お腹

おなか

belly

お腹の子

おなかのこ

child one is expecting

はら

anti-node

腹痛

はらいた

stomach ache

空腹

くうふく

empty stomach

船腹

せんぷく

side or bottom of a ship

満腹

まんぷく

full stomach

切腹

せっぷく

seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

立腹

りっぷく

anger

腹部

ふくぶ

abdomen

下っ腹

したっぱら

abdomen

中腹

ちゅうふく

halfway up (down) a mountain