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渇かわく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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かわく

Meanings

to be thirsty, to feel thirsty
to thirst for, to crave

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Example sentences

長ながい散歩さんぽの後あとでとても喉のどが渇かわいた。

I got very thirsty after the long walk.

砂漠さばくでは水みずがなくて喉のどが渇かわいて死しにそうだった。

In the desert, I had no water and was dying of thirst.

運動うんどうした後あとは喉のどが渇かわかないことがほとんどない。

It's almost always the case that I feel thirsty after exercising.

彼女かのじょは知識ちしきに渇かわいており、毎日まいにち大量たいりょうの本ほんを読よんでいる。

She thirsts for knowledge and reads a large number of books every day.

炎天下えんてんかで作業さぎょうを続つづけていると、すぐに喉のどが渇かわいてくる。

If you keep working under the blazing sun, you will quickly start to feel thirsty.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)