餓死
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 餓死
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.
Kanji in this Word
餓
15 strokes
Frequency: 1754
JLPT N1
Grade 8
Meanings
starve
hungry
thirst
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ガ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
う.える
死
6 strokes
Frequency: 229
JLPT N3
Grade 3
Meanings
death
die
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
し.ぬ
し.に-
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