飢餓

きが

Also written 饑餓

Meanings

1. Noun starvation; famine; hunger

Kanji

• 飢 starve. Read as キ.
• 餓 starve. Read as ガ.

Example sentences

• 世界の飢餓問題の解決は私の仕事ではない。
  Solving the problem of world hunger isn't my job.

Common phrases

• 飢餓に苦しむ
• 飢餓に陥る
• 深刻な飢餓
• 飢餓で苦しむ

Words containing 飢餓

• 飢餓療法 (きがりょうほう) starvation diet
• 飢餓感 (きがかん) (feeling of) hunger
• 飢餓線上に (きがせんじょうに) on the verge of starvation

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