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なか
すぎて
にし
そうだ
I’m so hungry that I’m about to die.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
Most common form: おなかが空く
expression, 'ku' godan verb
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
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0 4 3
Most common form: 飢死に
(death from) starvation; starving to death  (see also: 餓死; sensitive)
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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Kanji
フク   はら stomach, abdomen   
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ニク body part   
make the man go all day
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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eat; food
キ    table   
シ   death   し die   
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death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
さじ spoon   
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