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飢える
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 飢える.
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Entry
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
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