Search Terms: *飢*
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Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to starve, to be famished, to be hungry
2.
to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for
Other readings:
飢える【かつえる】
、餓える【うえる】
、餓える【かつえる】
、饑える【うえる】
noun
1.
famine, crop failure
2.
chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Other readings:
飢きん【ききん】
、饑饉【ききん】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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Other readings:
飢え死に【かつえじに】
、餓え死に【うえじに】
、餓え死に【かつえじに】
、飢死に【うえじに】
、飢死に【かつえじに】
、飢え死【うえじに】[1]
、飢え死【かつえじに】[1]
、飢死【うえじに】[1]
、飢死【かつえじに】[1]
、饑死【うえじに】[1]
、饑死【かつえじに】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression
•
a starved dog does not fear the rod(proverb)
expression, Godan-mu verb
•
to suffer from hunger
Other readings:
餓えに苦しむ【うえにくるしむ】
noun
•
starvation diet, fasting cure, hunger cure, inanition treatment(medical term)
noun
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impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest, decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests(yojijukugo)