Just like I promised, I’m going to go over some actual expressions and some grammar instead of single-word explanations. In this post, I would like to go over how to say whether you’re hungry or full, obviously something that’s going to be useful, especially if you want to ask someone out for a bite to eat. The reason I’m covering this is because just learning the Japanese word for “full” and “hungry” and attaching \u300c\u3067\u3059\u300d is not going to work. (Well, it works for “full” but not “hungry”.)<\/p>\n
How to say you’re full<\/b> \uff11\uff09\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044<\/span><\/u>\u3067\u3059\u3002- Stomach is full. (polite) Here’s a sample conversation.<\/p>\n A\u3055\u3093\uff09\u304a\u4ee3\u308f\u308a<\/span>\u306f\u3044\u3089\u306a\u3044<\/span>\uff1f- You don’t need another helping? As an aside, if you want to sound fancy, you can also use \u300c\u6e80\u8179\u300d\uff08\u307e\u3093\u3077\u304f\uff09 instead of \u300c\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044\u300d. It also has a nuance of being a little fuller than just full as shown by this next example.<\/p>\n \uff11\uff09\u98df\u3063\u305f<\/span>\u98df\u3063\u305f<\/span>\uff01\u3082\u3046<\/span>\u6e80\u8179<\/span><\/u>\u3002- Ate, ate! Already stuffed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n How to say you’re hungry<\/b> Instead, the verb \u300c\u7a7a\u304f\u300d\uff08\u3059\u304f\uff09 is normally used to say that your stomach was “emptied”. This means that we must use the past tense of the verb to indicate that the emptying already happened. In this case, it would be either \u300c\u7a7a\u3044\u305f\u300d for casual or \u300c\u7a7a\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u300d for the polite form. (reference for past-tense<\/a>, reference for polite past-tense<\/a>)<\/p>\n \uff11\uff09\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u7a7a\u3044\u305f<\/span><\/u>\u3002- Stomach is emptied. (Got hungry) You can also use the enduring-state form<\/a> to say that your stomach is in the state of being emptied. The meaning is essentially the same but the nuance is different because the stomach already emptied and has stayed in that state. In other words, the hungriness has continued for a certain period. With the past tense, you get the sense that you just got hungry.<\/p>\n \uff11\uff09\u671d\u3054\u98ef<\/span>\u3092\u98df\u3079\u306a\u304f\u3066<\/span>\u3001\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u3059\u3054\u304f<\/span>\u7a7a\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b<\/span><\/u>\u3088\u3002- I didn’t eat breakfast and I’m really hungry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Finally, there is a more vulgar expression that is used for being hungry. It’s mostly for the rougher men-folk. Basically, instead of using \u300c\u304a\u8179\u300d for stomach and \u300c\u7a7a\u304f\u300d for emptying, you use \u300c\u8179\u300d\uff08\u306f\u3089\uff09 and \u300c\u6e1b\u308b\u300d\uff08\u3078\u308b\uff09. \u300c\u8179\u300d is simply a \u300c\u304a\u8179\u300d without the honorific \u300c\u304a\u300d and \u300c\u6e1b\u308b\u300d is another verb that simply means “to decrease”. The idea is basically the same as before.<\/p>\n \uff11\uff09\u3044\u3064<\/span>\u98df\u3079\u308b<\/span>\u306e\uff1f\u4ffa<\/span>\u3001\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u6e1b\u3063\u305f<\/span><\/u>\u3088\u3002- When eat? I’m hungry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So let’s go back to what we were originally after, how to ask someone out for a bite to eat!<\/p>\n \u30dc\u30d6\uff09\u3000\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u7a7a\u3044\u305f<\/span>\uff1f\u3069\u3063\u304b<\/span>\u98df\u3079<\/span>\u306b\u884c\u3053\u3046<\/span>\u3088\u3002 \u307f\u304d\uff09\u3000\u3054\u3081\u3093<\/span>\u3002\u3082\u3046<\/span>\u98df\u3079\u305f<\/span>\u304b\u3089\u3001\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044<\/span>\u3060\u3088\u3002 \u4e00\u90ce\uff09\u3000\u4ffa<\/span>\u306f\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u6e1b\u3063\u305f<\/span>\u3093\u3060\u3051\u3069\u3002 \u30dc\u30d6\uff09\u3000\u304a\u524d<\/span>\u306b\u306f\u805e\u3044\u3066<\/span>\u306a\u3044\u3088\u3002 Main Vocabulary Covered<\/b> Just like I promised, I’m going to go over some actual expressions and some grammar instead of single-word explanations. In this post, I would like to go over how to say whether you’re hungry or full, obviously something that’s going … Continue reading
\nSaying you’re full is the simple part. The word most commonly used here is the adjective \u300c\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044\u300d, which, as you might expect, means “full” in Japanese. Unless it’s understood from the context, you’ll also need the word for stomach which is most commonly \u300c\u304a\u8179\u300d\uff08\u304a\u306a\u304b\uff09. So to simply say you are full, you would most likely say something like the following.<\/p>\n
\n\uff12\uff09\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044<\/span><\/u>\u3002- Stomach is full. (casual)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nB\u3055\u3093\uff09 \u3082\u3046<\/span>\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044<\/span><\/u>\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3001\u5927\u4e08\u592b<\/span>\u3067\u3059\u3002- Stomach is full already so it’s ok.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nHere’s the part where things get interesting. Unlike the Japanese word for “full”, which is an adjective same as English, there is no adjective for the word “hungry”. Well, technically there is<\/i> the word \u300c\u7a7a\u8179\u300d\uff08\u304f\u3046\u3075\u304f\uff09 which means “hungry”, but it is not normally used.<\/p>\n
\n\uff12\uff09\u304a\u8179<\/span>\u304c\u7a7a\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f<\/span><\/u>\u3002- Stomach is emptied. (Got hungry)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n– You hungry? Let’s go somewhere to eat.<\/p>\n
\n– Sorry. I already ate so I’m not hungry.<\/p>\n
\n– I’m hungry.<\/p>\n
\n– I’m not asking you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\u3010\u304a\u8179\u3011\uff08\u304a\u306a\u304b\uff09 – (n) stomach
\n\u3010\u8179\u3011\uff08\u306f\u3089\uff09 – (n) stomach (vulgar)
\n\u3010\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044\u3011 – (adj) full
\n\u3010\u6e80\u8179\u3011\uff08\u307e\u3093\u3077\u304f\uff09 – (adj) full stomach
\n\u3010\u7a7a\u304f\u3011\uff08\u3059\u304f\uff09 – (v) to empty
\n\u3010\u6e1b\u308b\u3011\uff08\u3078\u308b\uff09 – (v) to decrease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"