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Meanings
Noun
1. 腹の美化語。胴の、胃や腸などがある部分。胴の、肋骨より足(うしろあし)に近い部分のうち、背骨から肋骨の出る方向にある側の柔らかい部分。尻の反対側にあたる部分は、下腹と呼んで区別することがある。また特に胃、または胃腸。
敬語
2. ものを人や動物の胴に見立てて腹にあたる部分。もののふくらんだ部分。
3. 人の、ものを深く考えたり考えをしまっておいたりする部分。
Kanji used
belly
Pitch accent
なか
Top 3100
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to become hungry
Examples (10 in total)
Are you getting hungry?
I don't know why my stomach hurts.
My stomach hurts. I wonder if I ate too much watermelon.
No, thank you. I'm full.
"I'm getting hungry." "Me, too." "Let's eat." "OK."
"My stomach hurts." "How come? Did you eat something strange?" "No idea."
I'm not hungry right now.
I am hungry because I did not have breakfast.
Tom said he was hungry.
When are we eating? I'm hungry!