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お腹が空くお腹がすくお腹すく [sK] お腹空く [sK] おなかが空く [sK] おなか空く [sK]
おなかがすくおなかすく [sk]
1. [exp,v5k]
▶ to get hungry
▶ to become hungry
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1586265 空く【すく】 2. to be hungry

Conjugations


History:
11. A 2025-02-10 22:17:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK. I think we may as well have "become" too.
  Diff:
@@ -36,0 +37 @@
+<gloss>to become hungry</gloss>
10. A* 2025-02-10 11:27:42  Ma
  Comments:
I don't like "to be hungry" because it's wrong.
I'm maybe neutral on "to get" vs "to become", not sure.
  Diff:
@@ -37 +36,0 @@
-<gloss>to be hungry</gloss>
9. A 2025-02-10 02:21:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Works for me.
  Diff:
@@ -36,0 +37 @@
+<gloss>to be hungry</gloss>
8. A* 2025-02-09 15:40:37 
  Comments:
to be hungry?
7. A* 2025-02-09 12:30:28  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=おなかがす
おなかがすく
get hungry
  Comments:
The word "empty" does not appear in eijiro's glosses, this seems to me like an inclusion of an unmarked [lit] gloss. This is JAPN101 material, everyone should know this anyway...

I agree with eijiro on "get" vs "become".  Compare google of:

"He became hungry" site:x.com
"He got hungry" site:x.com

"I'm getting hungry" site:x.com  (infinity hits)
"I'm becoming hungry" site:x.com  (two hits)

English has "on an empty stomach", but there's no special relation between that idiom this [exp]. 

In case you object, I won't rush ahead and change all the entries myself, but I'd recommend changing:
腹が減る to become hungry -> to get hungry
お腹が減る to become hungry -> to get hungry
腹が空く to become hungry; to get an empty stomach -> to get hungry
小腹が空く to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish -> to get a little hungry; to get a bit peckish
  Diff:
@@ -36,2 +36 @@
-<gloss>to become hungry</gloss>
-<gloss>to get an empty stomach</gloss>
+<gloss>to get hungry</gloss>
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