Lingaku飢え【うえ】
Frequency rank: 16,299. – 16,349. (for form うえ: 4,350. – 4,351.)
- hunger; starvation
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- hunger; starvation
This word refers to the physical sensation of needing food or a condition caused by not having enough food to eat. It can be used to describe both the feeling of hunger and the severe state of starvation.
I feel hungry and sense starvation.
Generated collocations (experimental)
うえ飢えをかんじる感じるto feel hungerうえにくるしむ飢えに苦しむto suffer from hungerうえ飢えがおそう襲うhunger strikesうえ飢えをみたす満たすto satisfy hungerうえじに飢え死にstarvation deathうえ飢えとのたたかい戦いbattle against hungerはてしない果てしないうえ飢えendless hungerしょくりょうふそく食糧不足によるうえ飢えhunger due to food shortagesうえた飢えたひとびと人々hungry peopleうえ飢えにかんする関するもんだい問題issues related to hunger
Example sentences
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Her arms were wrapped around her knees, her chin rested on her locked hands.
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He drank some beer besides a bottle of whisky.
Hunger is perhaps the strongest of all human drives.