腹
はら
belly, stomach
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Examples
腹が減った。
はらがへった。
I'm hungry.
食べすぎて腹が苦しい。
たべすぎてはらがくるしい。
I ate too much and my stomach feels uncomfortable.
失礼なことを言われて、本当に腹が立った。
しつれいなことをいわれて、ほんとうにはらがたった。
Someone said something rude to me and I got really angry.
Common patterns
- 腹が減る
- to get hungry (blunt)
- 腹が立つ
- to get angry
- 腹いっぱい
- full (of food)
Memory tip
腹 on its own is blunt and mostly male speech; in polite company use お腹 and say お腹がすいた rather than 腹が減った. The idiom 腹が立つ "get angry", though, is neutral and used by everyone.
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