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    3. 飢え

    飢え

    飢うえ​

    hunger

    KMT8News #14+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    餓え饑え

    うえ

    Noun

    1.
    hunger, starvation

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは飢うえに苦くるしんでいる。

    He is suffering from hunger.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    戦せん争そうによって多おおくの人ひと々びとが飢うえに直ちょく面めんしている。

    Many people are facing starvation due to the war.

    KMT8Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    子こ供どもたちの飢うえを救すくうために、私わたしたちは寄き付ふをした。

    We donated to save the children from hunger.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの心こころは知ち識しきへの飢うえで満みたされていた。

    His heart was filled with a hunger for knowledge.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    精せい神しん的てきな飢うえを満みたすために、彼かれは読どく書しょに没ぼっ頭とうした。

    To satisfy his intellectual hunger, he immersed himself in reading.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    飢
    う.える…(1)
    hungry・starve
    Kanji
    え
    e
    Kana
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