お腹

おなか · onaka · JLPT N5 · noun

stomach

お腹 — stomach

🍚 お腹 = polite o + naka (inside): your honourable middle

O is the polite prefix and naka means inside or middle, so onaka is literally the honourable inside. The kanji 腹 means belly. Onaka ga suita, my inside has emptied, is how you say you are hungry.

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