Moto 餓: Starve; Hungry; ThirstKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ガ
- Kun'yomi
- う(える)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 26 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ガ)
- 飢餓きがstarvation; famine
- 餓死がし(death from) starvation; starving to death
- 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ筆は鬼に持たせよすみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよgrind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush
- 川施餓鬼かわせがきBuddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
- 施餓鬼せがきservice for the benefit of suffering spirits
- 糞餓鬼くそがきstupid brat; son of a bitch
- 飢餓感きがかん(feeling of) hunger
- 飢餓療法きがりょうほうstarvation diet; fasting cure
- 飢餓線上にきがせんじょうにon the verge of starvation; at the point of starving
- 餓死寸前がしすんぜんbeing on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
- 餓狼がろうhungry wolf
- 餓莩がひょうstarvation; (bodies of) the starved
- 餓虎がこstarving tiger
- 餓鬼がきbrat; kid
- 餓鬼んちょがきんちょbrat; kid
- 餓鬼道がきどうhungry ghost (preta) realm
- 饑餓きがstarvation; famine
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 餓えうえhunger; starvation
- 餓えに苦しむうえにくるしむto suffer from hunger
- 餓えるうえるto starve; to be famished
- 餓え死にうえじに(death from) starvation; starving to death
Other readings
- 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよすみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよgrind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush
- 悪餓鬼わるガキbrat
- 餓鬼どもガキどもdamn kids
- 餓鬼共ガキどもdamn kids
- 餓鬼大将ガキたいしょうleader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
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