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asked Aug 18 at 13:24

Tamires Carpi

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573

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  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What's the context?
  – Earthliŋ♦
  Aug 18 at 14:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Related? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/32870/9831
  – Chocolate
  Aug 18 at 16:05
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What's the context?
  – Earthliŋ♦
  Aug 18 at 14:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Related? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/32870/9831
  – Chocolate
  Aug 18 at 16:05
  

  
  
  
  

3

3

What's the context?
– Earthliŋ♦
Aug 18 at 14:21

What's the context?
– Earthliŋ♦
Aug 18 at 14:21

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Related? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/32870/9831
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Many words in Japanese have multiple readings, sometimes with different meaning or nuance. In this case, the meanings are rather different, but you have to infer the reading from context. すく means "to be empty" and あく with that kanji most often means "to be available" in terms of time or space.

お腹が空すいている。

"I'm hungry." (literally: "My stomach is empty.")

[何時]いつ 空あいていますか。

"What time are you available?"

However: the あく reading can also mean "to be empty". The nuance isn't always clear to me as a non-native speaker, but 空すく often implies "not crowded."

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The most important difference IMHO would be that:

「空すく」 expresses a relative kind of "emptiness" while

「空あく」 expresses an complete kind of "emptiness".

If a restaurant has seats available for you, you would say 「（この）レストランは今いま空すいている。」. The restaurant may be 80% empty, may be just 30% so. It does not matter because your immediate concern is whether or not your party of four could get a table without waiting. This is the relative kind of emptiness. Thus, 「このレストランは空あいている。」 would make no sense to the native speakers.

What if you want to sit at one of the three tables by the window and luckily, one of them is available right now? You would say 「好すきな席せきが空あいている！」. Native speakers would never ever say 「好きな席が空すいている！」 in that situation. That is the complete kind of emptiness/availability of a particular table.

So, it is 「すいている」 to talk about the general availability of seats in the whole restaurant at a given time and it is 「あいている」 to talk about the availability of a specific section or table in the restaurant at a given time.

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Both.

Many words in Japanese have multiple readings, sometimes with different meaning or nuance. In this case, the meanings are rather different, but you have to infer the reading from context. すく means "to be empty" and あく with that kanji most often means "to be available" in terms of time or space.

お腹が空すいている。

"I'm hungry." (literally: "My stomach is empty.")

[何時]いつ 空あいていますか。

"What time are you available?"

However: the あく reading can also mean "to be empty". The nuance isn't always clear to me as a non-native speaker, but 空すく often implies "not crowded."

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Both.

Many words in Japanese have multiple readings, sometimes with different meaning or nuance. In this case, the meanings are rather different, but you have to infer the reading from context. すく means "to be empty" and あく with that kanji most often means "to be available" in terms of time or space.

お腹が空すいている。

"I'm hungry." (literally: "My stomach is empty.")

[何時]いつ 空あいていますか。

"What time are you available?"

However: the あく reading can also mean "to be empty". The nuance isn't always clear to me as a non-native speaker, but 空すく often implies "not crowded."

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Both.

Many words in Japanese have multiple readings, sometimes with different meaning or nuance. In this case, the meanings are rather different, but you have to infer the reading from context. すく means "to be empty" and あく with that kanji most often means "to be available" in terms of time or space.

お腹が空すいている。

"I'm hungry." (literally: "My stomach is empty.")

[何時]いつ 空あいていますか。

"What time are you available?"

However: the あく reading can also mean "to be empty". The nuance isn't always clear to me as a non-native speaker, but 空すく often implies "not crowded."

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edited Aug 19 at 2:05

Chocolate

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answered Aug 18 at 13:57

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Both.

Many words in Japanese have multiple readings, sometimes with different meaning or nuance. In this case, the meanings are rather different, but you have to infer the reading from context. すく means "to be empty" and あく with that kanji most often means "to be available" in terms of time or space.

お腹が空すいている。

"I'm hungry." (literally: "My stomach is empty.")

[何時]いつ 空あいていますか。

"What time are you available?"

However: the あく reading can also mean "to be empty". The nuance isn't always clear to me as a non-native speaker, but 空すく often implies "not crowded."

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 19 at 2:05

Chocolate

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answered Aug 18 at 13:57

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answered Aug 18 at 13:57

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The most important difference IMHO would be that:

「空すく」 expresses a relative kind of "emptiness" while

「空あく」 expresses an complete kind of "emptiness".

If a restaurant has seats available for you, you would say 「（この）レストランは今いま空すいている。」. The restaurant may be 80% empty, may be just 30% so. It does not matter because your immediate concern is whether or not your party of four could get a table without waiting. This is the relative kind of emptiness. Thus, 「このレストランは空あいている。」 would make no sense to the native speakers.

What if you want to sit at one of the three tables by the window and luckily, one of them is available right now? You would say 「好すきな席せきが空あいている！」. Native speakers would never ever say 「好きな席が空すいている！」 in that situation. That is the complete kind of emptiness/availability of a particular table.

So, it is 「すいている」 to talk about the general availability of seats in the whole restaurant at a given time and it is 「あいている」 to talk about the availability of a specific section or table in the restaurant at a given time.

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answered Aug 18 at 15:06

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The most important difference IMHO would be that:

「空すく」 expresses a relative kind of "emptiness" while

「空あく」 expresses an complete kind of "emptiness".

If a restaurant has seats available for you, you would say 「（この）レストランは今いま空すいている。」. The restaurant may be 80% empty, may be just 30% so. It does not matter because your immediate concern is whether or not your party of four could get a table without waiting. This is the relative kind of emptiness. Thus, 「このレストランは空あいている。」 would make no sense to the native speakers.

What if you want to sit at one of the three tables by the window and luckily, one of them is available right now? You would say 「好すきな席せきが空あいている！」. Native speakers would never ever say 「好きな席が空すいている！」 in that situation. That is the complete kind of emptiness/availability of a particular table.

So, it is 「すいている」 to talk about the general availability of seats in the whole restaurant at a given time and it is 「あいている」 to talk about the availability of a specific section or table in the restaurant at a given time.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 18 at 15:06

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up vote
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up vote
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The most important difference IMHO would be that:

「空すく」 expresses a relative kind of "emptiness" while

「空あく」 expresses an complete kind of "emptiness".

If a restaurant has seats available for you, you would say 「（この）レストランは今いま空すいている。」. The restaurant may be 80% empty, may be just 30% so. It does not matter because your immediate concern is whether or not your party of four could get a table without waiting. This is the relative kind of emptiness. Thus, 「このレストランは空あいている。」 would make no sense to the native speakers.

What if you want to sit at one of the three tables by the window and luckily, one of them is available right now? You would say 「好すきな席せきが空あいている！」. Native speakers would never ever say 「好きな席が空すいている！」 in that situation. That is the complete kind of emptiness/availability of a particular table.

So, it is 「すいている」 to talk about the general availability of seats in the whole restaurant at a given time and it is 「あいている」 to talk about the availability of a specific section or table in the restaurant at a given time.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 18 at 15:06

l'électeur

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The most important difference IMHO would be that:

「空すく」 expresses a relative kind of "emptiness" while

「空あく」 expresses an complete kind of "emptiness".

If a restaurant has seats available for you, you would say 「（この）レストランは今いま空すいている。」. The restaurant may be 80% empty, may be just 30% so. It does not matter because your immediate concern is whether or not your party of four could get a table without waiting. This is the relative kind of emptiness. Thus, 「このレストランは空あいている。」 would make no sense to the native speakers.

What if you want to sit at one of the three tables by the window and luckily, one of them is available right now? You would say 「好すきな席せきが空あいている！」. Native speakers would never ever say 「好きな席が空すいている！」 in that situation. That is the complete kind of emptiness/availability of a particular table.

So, it is 「すいている」 to talk about the general availability of seats in the whole restaurant at a given time and it is 「あいている」 to talk about the availability of a specific section or table in the restaurant at a given time.

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answered Aug 18 at 15:06

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