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50 飢え Hunger

Alternative Meanings

Starvation

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

うえ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

飢えに苦しむ子どもたちの写真を見る度に胸が痛みます。

My heart aches whenever I see the pictures of those starving children.

Meaning Explanation

You've seen that 飢える is "to starve." The noun version is hunger or starvation.

Reading Explanation

The reading comes from 飢える.

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