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Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- to starve, to be famished, to be hungry.
- to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for.
Variations
Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | |||||||
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飢える | うえる | ✔ | |||||||
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飢える | かつえる | ||||||||
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餓える | うえる | ||||||||
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餓える | かつえる | ||||||||
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饑える | うえる |
Contained Kanji Breakdown
hungry, starve
う.える キ (9th, N1)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)