N2831/1725

飢うえる

rarely used kanji formIchidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verb

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うえる

Meanings

to starve, to be famished, to be hungry
to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for

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Example sentences

難民なんみんキャンプでは多おおくの子こどもたちが飢うえている。

In the refugee camp, many children are starving.

彼かれは愛情あいじょうに飢うえて育そだったため、人間にんげん関係かんけいに苦労くろうしている。

Because he grew up starved of affection, he struggles with personal relationships.

何日なんにちも食たべていなかったので、飢うえて倒たおれそうだった。

Having not eaten for several days, I was so hungry I was about to collapse.

知識ちしきに飢うえた学生がくせいたちは、毎晩まいばん遅おそくまで図書館としょかんで勉強べんきょうした。

The students, hungry for knowledge, studied in the library until late every night.

内戦ないせんが続つづくその国くにでは、今いまも多おおくの市民しみんが飢うえることを余儀よぎなくされている。

In that country where civil war continues, many citizens are still being forced to starve.

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.)