Illustration: Inside a rural farmhouse during a crop failure, a family gathers around a pot containing only a little thin gruel. The rice storage chest stands open and empty; dry, failed plants are visible beyond the doorway.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

飢き餓が

kiga

starvation, hunger

Example sentences

  1. これらの国くにでは飢餓きがが普通ふつうのことである。

    In these countries hunger is the rule.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 戦争せんそうは歴史上れきしじょうずっと飢餓きがを引ひき起おこしてきた。

    War has produced famine throughout history.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 人類じんるいが飢餓きがから解放かいほうされるのは、まだ先さきのことだ。

    The time when mankind is free from hunger is yet to come.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 飢餓

  • 飢hungry; starveOnキKunうえる
  • 餓starve; hungryOnガKunうえる

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