空く

すく · suku

to become empty, to be hungry

JLPT N4 verb

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Example sentences

  • トムは肩かたをすくめた。

    Tomu wa kata o sukume ta.

    Tom shrugged.

  • 波なみに足あしをすくわれた。

    Nami ni ashi o sukuwa re ta.

    The wave knocked me off my feet.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

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