空く

• 読み: すく
• ローマ字: suku
• 漢字の分解: 空 (kuu/a/su) — sky, empty, vacant
• 発音: /sɯ.kɯ/

意味

To become empty; to become vacant; to become less crowded.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the く row. An intransitive verb describing things becoming empty or available. Most commonly heard in お腹が空いた (I'm hungry, literally 'stomach became empty'). Also used for seats, rooms, and roads becoming less crowded.

例文

1. お腹が空いたので、何か食べたいです。
2. 午後になると電車が空いてきます。
3. あの席が空いたら座りましょう。

使い方ガイド

場面: hunger, transportation, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 空 means sky or empty. As a verb, it captures the idea of something becoming hollow or unoccupied, like the vast open sky.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal