お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。

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お腹 を 空かせた その 男 は 、 食物 を むさぼり 食った 。

English Translation

The starving man devoured the food.

Furigana

お腹(なか)を空(す)かせたその男(おとこ)は、食物(しょくもつ)をむさぼり食(く)った。

Romanji

Onaka o sukaseta sono otoko wa, shokumotsu o musabori kutta.

Words

お腹 (おなか)

stomach

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

開く (あく)

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be free; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to come to an end; to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.); to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

食物 (しょくもつ)

food; foodstuff

貪る (むさぼる)

to covet; to indulge in; to deeply desire; to lust insatiably for; to devour greedily

食う (くう)

to eat; to live; to make a living; to survive; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; to consume time and-or resources; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

Kanji

腹

Readings: フク、 はら

Meanings: abdomen, belly, stomach

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

男

Readings: ダン、 ナン、 おとこ、 お

Meaning: male

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter