Meanings
Noun
1. hunger; starvation
Kanji used
hunger
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to suffer from hunger
to starve and freeze to death
(lit.) a starved dog does not fear the rod
Examples (8 in total)
Many of the workers died of hunger.
The refugees struggled against hunger.
Hunger is one of the largest social misfortunes.
Thousands of people died of hunger.
Many children die of starvation in Africa.
He had to commit crime because he was starving.
A piece of bread was not enough to satisfy his hunger.
Give water to the thirsty and food to the hungry.