Vocab Info

N3 Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

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

    Dictionary Definition

    Common

    1. Noun, する-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)は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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