Search Terms: *餓*
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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, auxillary suru verb
•
(death from) starvation, starving to death
Other readings:
餓死【がしん】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
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, Godan-mu verb
•
to suffer from hunger
Other readings:
餓えに苦しむ【うえにくるしむ】
noun
1.
brat, kid, urchin, little devil(usually kana, colloquialism)
2.
preta, hungry ghost(Buddhist term)(orig. meaning)
Other readings:
ガキ
noun
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leader of the pack (of a group of kids), neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
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餓鬼大将【がきだいしょう】
expression, noun
•
damn kids(derogatory, usually kana)
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がきども《餓鬼ども》
、がきども《餓鬼共》
noun
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ガキンチョ
、ガキんちょ
noun
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being on the verge of starvation, being about to starve(yojijukugo)
noun
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Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river, offering to suffering spirits at the river(yojijukugo)
noun
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starvation diet, fasting cure, hunger cure, inanition treatment(medical term)
noun
•
stupid brat, son of a bitch(usually kana, derogatory)
Other readings:
くそガキ《糞ガキ》
、クソガキ
expression
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grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously, let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush(proverb)
Other readings:
墨は餓鬼に磨らせ筆は鬼に持たせよ【すみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよ】