Illustration: At a community meal service, an adult sits hunched over an empty bowl, one hand pressed against the abdomen. Their expression is tired and strained, and their attention fixes on a volunteer bringing a filled rice bowl toward the table.

飢うえ

hunger, starvation

Example sentences

彼かれらは餓うえに苦くるしんでいる。
They are suffering from hunger.
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避難民ひなんみんたちは飢うえと闘たたかった。
The refugees struggled against hunger.
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何千なんぜんという人ひとが飢うえで死しんだ。
Thousands of people died of hunger.
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Kanji in 飢

飢hungry; starveOnキKunうえる

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