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    3. 飢え死に

    飢え死に

    飢うえ​死じに​

    (death from) starvation

    KMT7CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab21 strokes

    餓え死に飢死に飢え死飢死饑死

    うえじにかつえじに

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    (death from) starvation, starving to death
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    Stroke 0 / 21

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    彼かれは飢うえ死じにしそうだった。

    He was on the verge of starving to death.

    KMT6Medicine & Health
    戦せん争そうで多おおくの人ひと々びとが飢うえ死じにした。

    Many people starved to death in the war.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthHistory
    栄えい養よう失しっ調ちょうが続つづくと、飢うえ死じにのリスクが高たかまる。

    If malnutrition continues, the risk of starving to death increases.

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    飢うえ死じにを防ふせぐための国こく際さい的てきな支し援えんが求もとめられている。

    International aid is needed to prevent starvation.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthPolitics & Law
    飢き饉きんにより、数かぞえきれないほどの子こ供どもたちが飢うえ死じにするという悲ひ劇げきが繰くり返かえされた。

    Due to famine, the tragedy of countless children starving to death was repeated.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthHistory

    Characters that make up this word

    飢
    う.える…(1)
    hungry・starve
    Kanji
    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    Kanji
    え
    e
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
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