腹が減る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
腹 減
はら
Grade: 6 		へ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Phrase composed of 腹 (hara, “belly, stomach”) +‎ が (ga, subject particle) +‎ 減る (heru, “decreases, shrinks”).

Pronunciation

Verb

腹(はら)が減(へ)る • (hara ga heru) godan (stem 腹(はら)が減(へ)り (hara ga heri), past 腹(はら)が減(へ)った (hara ga hetta))

  1. (idiomatic) to get hungry
    • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here):
      腹(はら)が非常(ひじょう)に減(へ)って来(き)た。
      Hara ga hijō ni hette kita.
      I started to get extremely hungry.

Usage notes

The phrase hara ga heru is generally considered somewhat more informal than the synonymous phrase お腹(なか)が空(す)く (onaka ga suku). When in mixed company, the polite perfective form onaka ga sukimashita may be heard more often.

This phenomenon may be somewhat similar to the convention in some English-speaking communities of avoiding direct discussion of body parts. The term hara means “belly, stomach”, whereas the term onaka refers more indirectly to one's “insides”.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "腹が減る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 腹が減ら はらがへら hara ga hera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 腹が減り はらがへり hara ga heri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 腹が減る はらがへる hara ga heru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 腹が減る はらがへる hara ga heru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 腹が減れ はらがへれ hara ga here
Meireikei ("imperative") 腹が減れ はらがへれ hara ga here
Key constructions
Passive 腹が減られる はらがへられる hara ga herareru
Causative 腹が減らせる
腹が減らす 		はらがへらせる
はらがへらす 		hara ga heraseru
hara ga herasu
Potential 腹が減れる はらがへれる hara ga hereru
Volitional 腹が減ろう はらがへろう hara ga herō
Negative 腹が減らない はらがへらない hara ga heranai
Negative continuative 腹が減らず はらがへらず hara ga herazu
Formal 腹が減ります はらがへります hara ga herimasu
Perfective 腹が減った はらがへった hara ga hetta
Conjunctive 腹が減って はらがへって hara ga hette
Hypothetical conditional 腹が減れば はらがへれば hara ga hereba

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