How to say 'Yawn' in Japanese | あくび

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The Japanese word for Yawn is 'Akubi', written as あくび in Japanese.

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あくび

Meaning

Yawn

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Akubi

Explanation

The Japanese verbal noun 'あくび (akubi)' means 'yawn'. It refers to the involuntary action of opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom. This word is commonly used in everyday conversation to describe the act of yawning or to express feeling sleepy. For example: I couldn't stop yawning during the meeting「会議中にあくびが止まらなかった」(かいぎちゅうにあくびがとまらなかった). She yawned because she was tired「彼女は疲れていたのであくびをした」(かのじょはつかれていたのであくびをした). Note that 'あくび' can also be used metaphorically to describe something boring or uninteresting, as in 'あくびが出るほどつまらない (akubi ga deru hodo tsumaranai)' meaning 'so boring it makes you yawn'.

Part Of Speech

verbal noun

Frequency

1922

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word あくび

This word contains 3 Hiragana characters :

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あ

Reading

hiragana

く

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hiragana

び

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'Akubi' means 'Yawn' .

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