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飢える

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

飢える — “to starve, to go hungry, to be famished”

飢える (read うえる) means to starve, to go hungry, to be famished. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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うえる

Meaning

to starve, to go hungry, to be famished

飢える in a sentence

食べ物たべものがなく飢えるうえる。

To starve for lack of food.

The kanji in 飢える

飢hunger (extreme)

Words that share a kanji with 飢える

飢饉ききん— famine

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