Word Meaning 空腹

くうふく kuufuku

空腹 is read as くうふく (kuufuku) and means empty stomach.

Meaning

English

  1. empty stomach
  2. hunger

Reading

Kana

くうふく

Romaji

kuufuku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Synonyms 餓え,飢え,粥腹,飢渇,饑渇,飢餓,饑餓,飢饉 Antonyms 満腹 Related Words 減量,ダイエット,夜中,夜食,イライラ,苛苛,運動,胃痛 Rank 7639 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

空腹時

くうふくじ

fasting

空腹感

くうふくかん

feeling of emptiness in the stomach

空港

くうこう

airport

空想

くうそう

daydream

空調

くうちょう

air conditioning

空席

くうせき

empty seat

空路

くうろ

air route

空中分解

くうちゅうぶんかい

mid-air breakage

空論

くうろん

abstract or impracticable theory

空費

くうひ

waste

空回り

からまわり

going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.)

Example Sentences

10

くうふくではらがなってしまった。

My stomach growled because I was hungry.

I felt hungry.

I went to bed hungry.

Do not drink on an empty stomach.

Nobody was hungry except me.

Hunger is the best sauce.

I always feel hungry.

I felt faint with hunger.

I wasn't hungry.

An empty stomach doesn't help on the mental front.