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うえる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
2. to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
Alt. forms
飢うえる
79%
餓うえる
10%
うえる
8%
饑うえる
Pitch accent
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え
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Conjugations...Used in: 404
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to be bloodthirsty
to hunger for love; to starve for love
Examples (11 in total)
The man is starving.
I'm not hungry anymore.
The children were hungry for affection.
A lot of people are starving in the world.
The boy has a hunger for adventure.
He furnished food to the hungry.
We cannot stand quiet and watch people starve.
People in these areas are growing hungrier each year.
He didn't like to ask for help even if he was starving.
It is sad that so few people give money to help the hungry.
All five rabbits were eaten by the hungry wolves.