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空く

すくsukuverb

N42,530th most heard wordIn 84 of 4140 videos (2%)heard 134 timeslast on Oct 27, 2026

  1. to become less crowded
  2. to thin out
  3. to get empty

Across the 4,140 Japanese YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach Japanese, 空く is heard 134 times in 84 videos from 43 channels, the 2,530th most heard word. Unofficial JLPT word lists put it at N4.

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  1. 1:18うなぎ丸々ここは五百個食べたいぐらいお腹空いてる。I'm so hungry I could eat like 500 whole eels here.絶品うなぎも超お得!?新ジャンル食べ放題【しらべてみたら】
  2. 2:58待ってる時間が長いとさお腹空かない?When you've been waiting a long time, don't you get hungry?Natural Japanese Conversation : Immersion Practice【聴解テスト N4】
  3. 3:48っていう日本のね、レストランのチェーン店があるんですけど、一人でね、仕事終わりにお腹空いたなって思って、ガストに行って、チーズインハンバーグ、I felt hungry after work alone, so I went to Gusto and had a cheese-in hamburger steak,Ep.39-私のストレス発散方法を5つ紹介します🌿心も身体もリフレッシュしよう🫧| Japanese Listening Practice 🇯🇵
  4. 26:48まあまあまあお腹空くよね。戦ってたらね。お、そしてここからは黄金のシリーズでございます。はい、まずは黄金のピーススピード、黄金Well, well, well, you do get hungry. When you're fighting. Oh, and from here it's the golden series. Yes, first the Golden Piece Speed, golden全88種オタカラのコンプリート達成!!すべて集めると何が起こるの!?Switch2で最速実況Part44【スプラトゥーン レイダース】
  5. 22:52今日見て思いました。だからまあ軽く2人前だよ。まあ多分1人前でもいけるよね、これ。いけるかも。うん、お腹空いてた時だと全然いけるな。うん、ちょっと大盛りSo today it's lightly two servings. Probably even one serving works. Might work. Yeah, when you're hungry you can totally eat it. Yeah, a bit of a large portionお店開けるほど美味しい至高のトマトリゾット

How it's said

Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.

Forms you'll hear
空いた空いてる空いて空きました空き空いてます
Often heard with
お腹空く114×おなか空く9×お腹は空く3×お腹も空く3×

Words that come up in the same clips.

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