Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
2. to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
Kanji used
hunger
Pitch accent
Top 6800
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to be bloodthirsty
to hunger for love; to starve for love
Examples (11 in total)
The man is starving.
I'm not hungry anymore.
The children were hungry for affection.
A lot of people are starving in the world.
The boy has a hunger for adventure.
He furnished food to the hungry.
We cannot stand quiet and watch people starve.
People in these areas are growing hungrier each year.
He didn't like to ask for help even if he was starving.
It is sad that so few people give money to help the hungry.
All five rabbits were eaten by the hungry wolves.