Word details

餓死

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 餓死.

Dictionary

Entry

餓死しん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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

starve, hungry, thirst

15 strokesFrequency 1,754JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

う.える

death, die

6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

し.ぬし.に-

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