餓
餓

starve, hungry, thirst

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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.
ガキども (ガキ共)ガキ共餓鬼ども餓鬼共がきども (餓鬼ども／餓鬼共)NounUsually kanaFreq #17599
1

Derogatory

damn kids; brats

餓死がしがしんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #18348
1

(death from) starvation; starving to death

Examples
餓死するくらいなら溺死したほうがましだ。
I might as well drown as starve.
がき餓鬼ガキNounFreq #20064
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Colloquial

brat; kid; urchin; little devil

Examples
彼はしょっちゅうガキ仲間と街でたむろしている。
He hangs out a lot with the kids down the street.
2

Buddhism; Orig. meaning

preta; hungry ghost

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.
悪ガキわるがき悪餓鬼NounFreq #46285
1

brat

Examples
ジャックは悪いことをいっぱい考える悪がきだ。
Jack is an evil boy full of evil ideas.
飢餓感きがかんNounFreq #49649
1

(feeling of) hunger

餓狼がろうNounFreq #64954
1

hungry wolf

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