饑
饑
hunger, thirst
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Kun
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Dictionary
Common Words
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
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.
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)
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.
1
Formal or literary term
hungry
Examples
ひだるい時にまずい物なし。
Hunger is the best sauce.
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