Vocabulary

starve

飢(う)える

B1 · Intermediate Uncommon

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Verb
To die from lack of food.  To suffer extreme hunger.
食糧(しょくりょう)不足(ふそく)で死(し)ぬこと。極度(きょくど)の空腹(くうふく)に苦(くる)しむこと。

Examples

  1. There are many children that starve every year in Africa.

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