Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

あくびyawn, yawning (and stretching), kanji 'yawning' radical (radical 76)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      yawn, yawning

      Usually written using kana alone
    2. Noun

      2.

      kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

    All Forms

    欠伸 【あくび】欠 【あくび】アクビ

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    Examples

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      授業(じゅぎょう)(ちゅう)中々(なかなか)あくび出来(でき)ません。

      You can't yawn during class.

      • N3

      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.

      • N3

      眠気(ねむけ)のせいか、どんなにあくびをしても次々(つぎつぎ)あくび()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.

      • N3

      (いま)までの人生(じんせい)で、あそこまであくび(もよお)演説(えんぜつ)()いたことは滅多(めった)にありません。

      In all my life, I have hardly ever heard a speech that brought on so much yawning.

      • N3

      あくびをしているからといって(きみ)(はなし)がつまらないというわけでは(けっ)してないです。

      Just because I'm yawning, it doesn't mean your story is boring at all.

      • N2
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