腹いっぱい・腹一杯|はらいっぱいharaippai[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, adverbhaving a full stomach; being full
- adverbto one's heart's content
- Synonym満腹まんぷくNeutralBeing full; basically interchangeable with 「腹いっぱい」 but slightly more formal, as in 「満腹です」. 「腹いっぱい」 also covers the figurative sense 'to one's heart's content'.
- RelatedパンパンCasualMimetic word for bulging, stuffed to bursting; colloquial, as in 「お腹がパンパン」. More exaggerated than 「腹いっぱい」.
- Antonym空腹くうふくNeutralEmpty stomach, hunger; the opposite of 「腹いっぱい」 in its 'full' sense, as in 「空腹を満たす」. Feels more formal.
- Antonym腹ペコはらぺこCasualColloquial for being starving; the opposite of 「腹いっぱい」 when full. Light in tone, used mostly among friends.
For being full, say 「腹いっぱい」 (often 「お腹いっぱい」); it also works figuratively, e.g. being fed up with something. 「満腹」 is a slightly more formal choice. For hunger, casual 「腹ペコ」 or the more formal 「空腹」.
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