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お腹が空く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
おなかが空く
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Reading : おなかがすく   
expression, 'ku' godan verb
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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おなかが空く is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 146,000 (about 583,000 results)
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Example sentences:
おなかがすきましたごはん
べましょう
デザートショートケーキ
Feeling hungry, right? Shall we eat? We have shortcake for dessert.
おなかがすきましたそろそろごはん
べましょう
デザートありますショートケーキ
Feeling hungry, right? Shall we eat? There’s dessert too. It’s shortcake.
ふたり
二人
おなかがすきました
The two of them were hungry.
おなかがすく
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 153,000 (about 508,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
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お腹が空く
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Reading : おなかがすく   
腹 does not actually have the reading なか, and although it is extremely common, お腹 is not considered technically correct. おなか is preferred.
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 157,000 (about 512,000 results)
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お腹がすく
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Reading : おなかがすく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 165,000 (about 466,000 results)
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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   
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    
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