Vocab Info
N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
あくびyawn, yawning (and stretching), kanji 'yawning' radical (radical 76)
Dictionary Definition
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1.
yawn, yawning
Usually written using kana aloneNoun
2.
kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
All Forms
欠伸 【あくび】、欠 【あくび】、アクビ
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授業中は中々あくびが出来ません。
You can't yawn during class.
さっきあくびをしたばかりなのに、またあくびをしてしまった。
Even though I just yawned a moment ago, now I'm yawning again.
眠気のせいか、どんなにあくびをしても次々にあくびが出てしまいます。
Perhaps it's the slight drowsiness, but no matter how much I yawn, one yawn after another keeps coming.
今までの人生で、あそこまであくびを催す演説を聞いたことは滅多にありません。
In all my life, I have hardly ever heard a speech that brought on so much yawning.
あくびをしているからといって君の話がつまらないというわけでは決してないです。
Just because I'm yawning, it doesn't mean your story is boring at all.
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