Word details

飢え死に

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 飢え死に.

Dictionary

Entry

飢え死に餓え死に飢死にえじに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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hungry, starve

10 strokesFrequency 1,659JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

う.える

death, die

6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

し.ぬし.に-

starve, hungry, thirst

15 strokesFrequency 1,754JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

う.える

hunger, thirst

20 strokes

On

Kun

う.える

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