JLPT N4 · Verb

空く (suku)

空く (すく, suku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to become less crowded; to thin out”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
すく
Romaji
suku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to be hungry · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

どの車両がすいていますか。
Which car is less crowded?
私達はまだあまりお腹は空いていない。
We aren't very hungry yet.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 空く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary空くすく suku
Polite (~masu)空きますすきます sukimasu
Negative空かないすかない sukanai
Polite negative空きませんすきません sukimasen
Past空いたすいた suita
Polite past空きましたすきました sukimashita
Negative past空かなかったすかなかった sukanakatta
Te-form空いてすいて suite
Potential空けるすける sukeru
Passive空かれるすかれる sukareru
Causative空かせるすかせる sukaseru
Volitional空こうすこう sukou
Imperative空けすけ suke
Conditional (~ba)空けばすけば sukeba

Kanji in 空く

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 空く.

Source: JMdict entry 1586265 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.