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    3. 渇

    渇

    渇かつ

    thirst

    KMT10News #45+1NounMedicine & HealthEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    かつ

    Noun

    1.
    thirst

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    彼かれは知ち識しきへの渇かつを抱いだいていた。

    He harbored a thirst for knowledge.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    精せい神しん的てきな渇かつは、物ぶっ質しつ的てきな豊ゆたかさでは満みたされない。

    Spiritual thirst cannot be satisfied by material wealth.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy
    砂さ漠ばくをさまよう旅たび人びとは、水みずへの激はげしい渇かつに苦くるしめられた。

    The traveler wandering in the desert was tormented by an intense thirst for water.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthNature & Environment
    高こう熱ねつの患かん者じゃは、常つねに水すい分ぶんを欲ほし、強つよい渇かつを訴うったえる。

    Patients with high fever constantly crave water and complain of intense thirst.

    KMT10Medicine & Health
    彼かれは愛あいへの渇かつを癒いやすため、真しん実じつのパートナーを探さがし続つづけた。

    To quench his thirst for love, he continued to search for a true partner.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    渇
    かわ.く…(1)
    thirst・dry up・parch
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