飢え・餓え・饑え|うえue[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounhunger; starvation
   何千なんぜんという人ひとが飢うえで死しんだ。↗

   Thousands of people died of hunger.

• Synonym飢餓きがWrittenWritten word for severe hunger or famine, as in 「飢餓に苦しむ」; 「飢え」 is a native Japanese word that also covers metaphorical craving.
• Related空腹くうふくNeutralEveryday hunger with an empty stomach, as in 「空腹を感じる」; 「飢え」 implies a severe lack of food.
• Relatedすきっ腹すきっぱらCasualColloquial for an empty stomach, as in 「すきっ腹に酒」; 「飢え」 suggests more severe hunger.
• Related空き腹すきはらNeutralAn empty stomach; 「飢え」 leans toward severe hunger or craving.
• Related腹ペコはらぺこCasualColloquial and playful, for being ravenous, as in 「もう腹ペコだ」; 「飢え」 is more serious.
• Related空腹感くうふくかんWrittenWritten word for the sensation of hunger; 「飢え」 refers to the state of hunger itself.
• Antonym満腹まんぷくNeutralA full stomach; the opposite of 「飢え」 in terms of hunger and fullness.
• Antonym飽食ほうしょくWrittenWritten. Eating one's fill or living in plenty, as in 「飽食の時代」; the opposite of 「飢え」 in hunger and fullness.

Use 「飢え」 for hunger from lack of food or for metaphorical craving, as in 「飢えに苦しむ」 and 「愛に飢える」. For famine use 「飢餓」; for everyday hunger use 「空腹」 or 「腹ペコ」. The opposites are 「満腹」 and 「飽食」.

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1. うえること。食物しょくもつが欠乏けつぼうすること及およびその気持きもち。飢餓きが、飢餓きが感かん。
2. 何なんかが欠乏けつぼうし、強つよく求もとめること。渇望かつぼう。