餓死

がし

Also written がしん

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive (death from) starvation; starving to death

Kanji

• 餓 starve. Read as ガ.
• 死 die. Read as シ.

Example sentences

• 食糧不足のため、家畜が餓死した。
  Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
• 飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。
  Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
• 餓死するくらいなら溺死したほうがましだ。
  I might as well drown as starve.
• 餓死寸前でいるところを、彼らは私達の命を救ってくれた。
  When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.
• 新二が餓死してしまうのは火を見るより明らかでした。
  It was as clear as day that Shinji would die from hunger.

Words containing 餓死

• 餓死者 (がししゃ) person who has died from starvation
• 餓死寸前 (がしすんぜん) being on the verge of starvation

Word lists

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