腹いっぱい・腹一杯|はらいっぱいharaippai[0]heiban (flat)

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腹いっぱい腹いっぱい is the most common form, written with kanji and kana, and is the natural choice for learners writing the expression.
腹一杯腹一杯 is a less common variant written entirely in kanji; learners may encounter it, but 腹いっぱい is the safer choice.
Definitions
  1. noun, adverbhaving a full stomach; being full
    家いえに帰かえって朝食ちょうしょくを腹一杯はらいっぱいに食たべた。↗
    I went home and ate a hearty breakfast.
  2. adverbto one's heart's content
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 食たべたもので腹はらが満みちること。満腹まんぷく。
  2. 食たべたもので腹はらが満ち足みちたりるさま。
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