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 7379 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

空き腹

すきはら

empty stomach

空腹時

くうふくじ

fasting

空腹感

くうふくかん

feeling of emptiness in the stomach

小腹が空く

こばらがすく

to become a little hungry

腹が空く

はらがすく

to become hungry

お腹が空く

おなかがすく

to become hungry

腹を空かす

はらをすかす

to be hungry

空港

くうこう

airport

空想

くうそう

daydream

空調

くうちょう

air conditioning

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.