飢え

うえ
hunger
starvation

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うえ【飢え】

*hunger

〖U〗空腹， ひもじさ；飢え， 飢餓； 〖U〗〖C〗飢饉(^き/きん); 《正式》［a ～］〔…に対する〕飢え， 渇望〔for〕

Hunger drove ［goaded］ him into stealing a loaf of bread. 飢えに駆られて彼はパンを盗んだ

be perishing with hunger 飢えで死にかかっている.

▲keep the wolf from the door (賃金・食物などが)飢えをしのがせる；飢えをしのぐだけかせぐ.

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うえ【飢え】

hunger; starvation.

●彼らには飢えが目前に迫っている. They are facing [face to face with] hunger [starvation]. | Hunger [Starvation] stares them in the face.

●貧しい国では飢えから盗みをはたらく子供が後を絶たない. In poor countries, there is no end to children who thieve out of hunger.

●飢えで死ぬ starve (to death); die of hunger [starvation].

●飢えに泣く[苦しむ] cry with [suffer from] hunger

・国民の過半数が飢えと貧困にあえいでいる国もある. There are countries where the majority of the population are prostrated by hunger and poverty.

●飢えをしのぐ keep [stave, ward] off hunger; allay hunger; keep the wolf from the door

・森には心の飢えをいやしてくれる何かがある. There is something about the forest that soothes the hunger of the heart.

・大戦後, 日本人だれもが飢えを経験した. After the War, everyone in Japan experienced hunger.