飢
飢

hungry, starve

10 strokesFrequency 1,659JLPT N1Grade 8

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キ

Kun

う.える

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飢える餓えるうえるかつえる (飢える／餓える)饑えるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6719
1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry

Examples
彼は飢えた者に食を与えた。
He furnished food to the hungry.
2

to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

飢え餓えうえ饑えNounFreq #15341
1

hunger; starvation

Examples
何千という人が飢えで死んだ。
Thousands of people died of hunger.
飢餓きが饑餓NounFreq #25144
1

starvation; famine; hunger

Examples
これらの国では飢餓が普通のことである。
In these countries hunger is the rule.
飢饉飢きんききん饑饉NounFreq #28667
1

famine; crop failure

Examples
これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。
These countries were often visited with famine.
2

chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

飢え死に餓え死に飢死にうえじにかつえじに飢え死飢死饑死NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #29538
1

Sensitive

(death from) starvation; starving to death

Examples
そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
I might as well starve as do such a thing.
血に飢えるちにうえるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #33777
1

to be bloodthirsty

飢餓感きがかんNounFreq #49649
1

(feeling of) hunger

飢凍きとうNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #63185
1

Rare term

starving and freezing to death

愛に飢えるあいにうえるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #67358
1

to hunger for love; to starve for love

飢えに苦しむ餓えに苦しむうえにくるしむExpressionGodan verbFreq #73041
1

to suffer from hunger

Examples
彼らは餓えに苦しんでいる。
They are suffering from hunger.
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