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飢える
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
餓える 【うえる】、饑える 【うえる】、飢える 【かつえる】、餓える 【かつえる】
饑える: Rarely-used kanji form.
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