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渇 kanji
thirst, dry up, parch
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
カツ
Kun readings
かわく
Variant forms
渴Words with 渇
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —渇に臨みて井を掘るto fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirsty
- —渇しても盗泉の水を飲まずbetter starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty
- —饑渇hunger and thirst; starvation
- —涸渇drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
- —渇を入れるto apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone; to give someone a pep talk
- —渇をいれるto apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone; to give someone a pep talk