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48 飢餓 Starvation

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Meaning

Primary

Starvation

Alternatives

Famine, Hunger

Word Type

noun

Explanation

One person starves and another person starves. Then more people. So much starve that there's starvation going on. It's famine and hunger, everywhere.

Reading

きが

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

どうしてそんな風にクッキーを踏みつけたりしたんだ?毎日何千何百人という人が飢餓で亡くなるのを知らないのか。

Why would you step on a cookie like that? Don’t you know that thousands of people die from starvation every day?

Kanji Composition

  • 飢
    • き
    • Starve
  • 餓
    • が
    • Starve
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