がしすんぜん
Meanings
Noun
Four character compound
1. being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
Pitch accent
しす
んぜん
Composed of
Hungertod; Verhungern; verhungern; vor Hunger sterben
kurze Zeitspanne vor etw.; unmittelbar vor; kurz vor
Examples (2 in total)
The poor child was on the verge of starvation.
When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.