Nounstarvation; famine; hunger

Nounfamine; crop failure · chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto starve; to be famished; to be hungry · to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb(death from) starvation; starving to death

Noun, Suru verbhunger and thirst; starvation

Nounhunger and cold

Nounstarving people

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbstarving and freezing to death

Noundrought; water shortage

Noungreat famine; severe famine

Noun(feeling of) hunger

Nounstarch-based portable ration pill used by ninja and soldiers

Nounstarvation diet; fasting cure; hunger cure; inanition treatment

Nounimpoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto hunger for love; to starve for love

Ichidan verbto starve and freeze to death

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto be bloodthirsty

Adverb (fukushi)on the verge of starvation; at the point of starving

NounKyōhō famine (1732)

NounTenmei famine (1782-1787); Temmei famine

NounTenpō famine (1833-1836); Tempo famine

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' endingto suffer from hunger

NounGreat Tempo Famine

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)a starved dog does not fear the rod