飢え
うえ
Also written 餓え, 饑え
Meanings
- Noun hunger; starvation
Kanji
- 飢 starve. Read as うえる.
Example sentences
- 飢えの前に法律はない。
Hunger knows no law. - 飢えは最大の社会的不幸の1つである。
Hunger is one of the strongest griefs. - 飢えのために彼はやむなく罪を犯した。
It was hunger that impelled him to crime. - 何千という人が飢えで死んだ。
Thousands of people died of hunger. - ひとかけらのパンでは彼の飢えを満たすには足りなかった。
A piece of bread was not enough to satisfy his hunger.
Common phrases
Words containing 飢え
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