Illustration: After a run along a riverside path, a jogger stops beside a public drinking fountain and tilts an empty bottle over their open mouth. Only one last drop remains. Their lips look dry, their free hand rests at their throat, and their eyes are fixed eagerly on the fountain's stream.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

渇かわき

kawaki

thirst

Example sentences

  1. コップ１杯はいのビールを飲のんで渇かわきをいやした。

    I had a glass of beer to quench my thirst.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしは満みたされた感覚かんかくで飢うえも渇かわきも覚おぼえなかった。

    I experienced a sense of well-being and was neither hungry nor thirsty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. お腹なかが空あいていたばかりでなく、私達わたしたちは喉のどの渇かわきにも苦くるしんでいた。

    Not only were we hungry, but we were also suffering from thirst.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 渇

  • 渇thirst; dry upOnカツKunかわく

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