飢える (うえる): to starve — Japanese vocabulary
飢える is read うえる and means "to starve". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
飢える
- Reading
- うえる · ueru
- Translation
- to starve
- Level
- JLPT N2
- Pitch accent
- うえるが
Example
これらの地域の人々は年々飢えてきている。
これらのちいきのひとびとはねんねんうえてきている。
People in these areas are growing hungrier each year.
Kanji in this word
- 飢 — starve, hunger
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